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VIRAL: St Luke’s Hospital’s campaign to halt COVID-19 will make you wear a mask, stay at home

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - Wear a mask and stay at home.</p><p>This is the message of St. Luke&#x27;s Medical Center in its social media campaign launched Friday urging the public to follow minimum health protocols against the coronavirus, as the country <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/26/21/new-record-high-ph-reports-9838-more-covid-19-cases-total-breaches-700000-mark">continues to log record-high new COVID-19 cases</a>. </p><p>The hospital&#x27;s reminder, which has gone viral on social media, showed side-by-side photos contrasting an uninfected individual&#x27;s concern over complying with health protocols and that of a COVID-19 patient inside the hospital. </p><p>Both images were captioned &quot;I can&#x27;t breathe.&quot;</p><p>In its Facebook post, the hospital had a reminder to the public: &quot;Wearing of face mask and face shield is highly recommended to protect you from the COVID-19.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Stay at home and minimize your exposure to the virus,&quot; another photo said. </p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/StLukesPH/posts/3960448667368221" data-width="auto"> </div><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/StLukesPH/posts/3960414017371686" data-width="auto"> </div><p>St. Luke&#x27;s Medical Center&#x27;s dedicated COVID wards and intensive care units (ICU) in both its locations- the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig and in Quezon City- have already reached full capacity, according to its <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StLukesPH/photos/a.1131976466882136/3961258193953935/">advisory </a>released on Wednesday. </p><p>Its emergency room is also packed &quot;with a significant number of COVID-19 patients still waiting to be admitted.&quot;</p><p>The utilization rate of ICU beds in Metro Manila have already reached high to critical risk levels with some 72 percent already occupied, according to DOH&#x27;s latest bulletin. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/26/21/makati-qc-taguig-manila-hospitals-seeing-high-admissions-as-covid-19-cases-rise-doh">READ: Makati, QC, Taguig, Manila hospitals seeing high admissions as COVID-19 cases rise — DOH</a></li></ul><p>On the other hand, some 68 percent of the 3,800 isolation beds in NCR have already been filled up. </p><p>For the fourth time in 7 days, the country logged another all-time high daily COVID-19 jump with 9,838 additional cases. The remaining active infections is also the highest since the pandemic began at over 109,000.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/26/21/new-record-high-ph-reports-9838-more-covid-19-cases-total-breaches-700000-mark">READ: NEW RECORD HIGH: PH reports 9,838 more COVID-19 cases, total breaches 700,000-mark</a></li></ul>

<p>St. Luke's Medical Center on Friday released a powerful social media campaign urging Filipinos to stay at home and wear a mask, as the country continues to record an all-time high fresh COVID-19 infections since the pandemic hit over a year ago. </p>

St. Luke's Medical Center on Friday released a powerful social media campaign urging Filipinos to stay at home and wear a mask, as the country continues to record an all-time high fresh COVID-19 infections since the pandemic hit over a year ago.

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VIRAL: St Luke’s Hospital’s campaign to halt COVID-19 will make you wear a mask, stay at home

Job Manahan,

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Published Mar 26, 2021 07:57 PM PHT

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Updated Mar 26, 2021 08:20 PM PHT

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