5 kids get Covid- 19 in Pangasinan, Bulacan towns

By Ramon Efren Lazaro and Eva Visperas

FIVE CHILDREN were among the new Covid-19 cases in Pangasinan and Bulacan.

Two of the three cases recorded in Donya Remedios were one-year-old girls.

There are now four cases in the town, which had been COVID-free until July 3.

Bulacan recorded 37 new cases on Tuesday.

Eight were listed in San Jose del Monte City, seven each from Sta. Maria and Malolos City, four from Meycauayan City, three from Marilao and one each from Norzagaray, Baliuag, Calumpit, Balagtas and Guiguinto.

Two deaths were also reported in the province.

There are now 726 cases in Bulacan, with 39 deaths.

In Pangasinan, the provincial health office said three children, aged one, six and eight, tested positive for the virus.

Barangay San Felipe East in San Nicolas, where the children reside, was placed on lockdown.

San Nicolas Mayor Alicia Primicias-Enriquez said the father of the children is the first confirmed case in the town.

Eight cases were recorded in Pangasinan on Tuesday, the highest in one day.

Meanwhile, Calasiao Mayor Joseph Arman Bauzon said an overseas Filipino worker who tested positive for COVID-19 in a quarantine facility of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration was allowed to travel to the town.

Bauzon said the patient would be transferred to the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital Covid treatment center depending on the result of her confirmatory test.