THE COMMISSION on Higher Education has assisted 19 state universities and colleges who are collaborating with local governments in maintaining quarantine facilities for Covid19 patients.

Last April, CHED formed a Public Health Experts Group in a bid to ensure that local government units and SUCs will comply with standards in using school facilities as quarantine centers or community isolation units.

Since imposing the Enhanced Community Quarantine, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases required LGUs to sign a memorandum of agreement with the CHED and SUCs if they intend to set up government facilities that could temporarily serve as a community isolation unit or quarantine facility.

These quarantine facilities will house patients identified as persons under investigation and persons under monitoring.

Since March, the 19 SUCs have provided quarantine for some 6,000 individuals as follows:

[SUC- Start Date of Operation- Capacity of Quarantine Facility/CIU]

1. Sorsogon State College- Sorsogon City Campus
March 22, 2020
4,198 total no. of patients served

1. Sorsogon State College- Bulan Campus
March 30, 2020
250 total no. of patients served

2. Central Bicol State University of Agriculture
March 26, 2020
184 total no. of patients served

2. Central Bicol State University of Agriculture
May 23, 2020
20 total no. of patients served

3. Camarines Norte State University- Main Campus
April 4, 2020
395 total no. of patients served

3. Camarines Norte State University- Labo Campus
April 4, 2020
3 total no. of patients served

4. Isabela State University- Cauayan Campus
May 17, 2020
40

4. Isabela State University- Roxas Campus
April 11, 20
70

5. Nueva Ecija University of Science & Technology
36

6. Bicol University
April 30,20
543 total no. of patients served

7. Marinduque State College
April 20, 2020
20

8. Sulu State College
May 31, 2020
12

9. Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology
May 5, 2020
32

10. University of Northern Philippines
July 22, 2020
3

11. MSU-Naawan Campus
April 28, 2020
20

12. University of Southern Mindanao
March 27, 2020
16

13. Camiguin Polytechnic State University
April 2, 2020
36

14. Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology-Bongabong Campus
May 20, 2020
60

14. Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology-Calapan Campus
May 20, 2020

15. Bohol Island State University
June 11, 2020
48

16. Northwest Samar State University- San Jorge Campus
July 28, 2020

17. Occidental Mindoro State College
June 15, 2020
81

18. Basilan State College
July 10, 2020
101

19. Catanduanes State University
April 14, 2020
81 total no. of patients served

The use of quarantine facilities has become more critical as locally stranded individuals continue to go home to their provinces and need to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine.

“As these HEIs open their doors and allow the utilization of the facilities for a very noble cause, it is a strong statement and manifestation of our bayanihan spirit that we are actively joining the fight against this invisible and deadly enemy and we will continue to do so until we contain the same,” said CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera III.

“I laud these SUCs for doing their utmost best to contribute in the effort to contain the spread of the virus. It is my ardent hope that more tertiary education institutions emulate these 19 SUCs in their kindness and selfless service to the nation and its people,” the CHED chief added.