Bacolod Doctor Dined w/ Iloilo Doctor Who Later On Tested Positive for COVID-19
BACOLOD DOCTOR – Mayor El Cid Familiaran confirmed that a doctor in the city had a contact with the Iloilo doctor who tested positive for COVID-19.
The fight against COVID-19 is not yet over. This disease has claimed more than half a million lives across the globe and more than one (1) thousand in the Philippines.
According to the Department of Health (DOH), the total coronavirus cases recorded in the country now is 36,438 with 1,255 deaths and 9,956 recoveries. Every day, new cases of the disease are recorded.
The entire PH is under a community quarantine now with Cebu City being under the strictest quarantine measure – the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). Metro Manila and other high risk areas are under a General Community Quarantine (GCQ) now.
Most parts of the Philippines are under a Modified GCQ or MGCQ. One of them is Iloilo City. However, recently, a hospital in Iloilo was placed under lockdown after six (6) of its doctors tested positive for COVID-19.
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The said hospital is the St. Paul’s Hospital. Mayor Jerry Treñas, based on a report on TV Patrol Negros, further confirmed that one of the six (6) doctors is really positive for coronavirus.
It was followed by rumors that the said doctor had a contact with a Bacolod doctor. According to the report, Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran confirmed that a Bacolod doctor has dined with the said Iloilo doctor who tested positive for COVID-19.
The doctor went to Iloilo to see his girlfriend. According to Vice Mayor Familiaran, the doctor is already under a self-quarantine now after hearing about the other doctor testing positive for coronavirus.
Familiaran stressed that as a medical practitioner, the doctor who tested positive for COVID-19 should have isolated right away after the taking of the swab samples for testing.
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