Ifugao town records second Covid-19 case

LAMUT, Ifugao --  The  municipal government  here urged the public to  stay  at home,  practice proper hygiene, wear protective masks and  observe  social distancing  as Lamut recorded its second confirmed Covid-19 case.

Dr. Rhodora Montessa, Municipal Health Officer, confirmed the new patient is a 34 years old male from Barangay Panopdopan and  member of the Coast Guard  based  in Binondo, Manila.

The patient arrived in Lamut on May 1 and following LGU and DOH protocols, he was  brought to the Tourism Village for the mandated 14-day quarantine.

As he had cough, he underwent swab testing. Result on  May 12 bared he ws positive of Covid-19.
The patient is now confined at the Region 2 Trauma and Medical Center in Nueva Vizcaya and in stable condition. Contact tracing is underway to identify those whom the patient may have come in contact with so that necessary interventions maybe done.

Lamut recorded Ifugao’s first COVID-19 confirmed case last month, a 65 years old male resident of Poblacion East who has now recovered. 

The barangay was placed under total lockdown from April 25 until May 8 after the rapid and swab tests conducted at the ground zero yielded negative results.

The Lamut government requested the town be placed under extended enhanced community quarantine until May 15 which was granted by the chairman of the Cordillera Regional Interagency Task Force Group COVID-19.

To date, these are the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ifugao.-- JDP/MBL- PIA CAR, Ifugao