Zapote Market Under Lockdown After Vendors, Marshal Positive For Virus
ZAPOTE MARKET UNDER LOCKDOWN – The Bacoor City Public Market or the “Zapote Market” has been shutdown for one week.
This was due to vendors and marshals in the market testing positive for the new coronavirus, COVID-19 as part of the local government’s mass testing efforts. In a Facebook post, the city government of Bacoor announced:
Ang Bacoor City Public Market o mas kilala sa tawag na Zapote Market ay pansamantalang isasara simula bukas August 11 hanggang August 18 matapos na malaman ng Pamahalaang Lungsod na mayroong mga manininda at security marshalls ang nag-positibo sa ginawang mass testing noong August 7
(The Bacoor City Public Market or more popularly known as Zapote Market will temporarily be closed starting tomorrow August 11 until August 18 after the Local Government learned there were vendors and marshals who tested positive in the mass testing conducted on August 7).
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Furthermore, the LGU advised those who visited the market from August 5 to August 10 to monitor their condition. Additionally, those who had visited were urged to immediately coordinate with their barangay health emergency response teams as soon as COVID-19 symptoms appear.
Currently, there are 136,638 cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines. Of that number, at least 2,294 have died while 68,159 patients have recovered from the deadly virus.
However, since June, the Philippines had seen a massive spike in confirmed daily cases. As such, the Philippines has been dubbed as the new COVID-19 hotspot in South East Asia.
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