TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan
-- The Department of Health (DOH) - Cagayan Valley confirmed March 26, that
Cagayan province has two new cases of the coronavirus disease.
In a press briefing, DOH-Cagayan Valley officer-in-charge Leticia
Cabrera said a 39-year-old resident of Tuao town and a 70-year-old resident
from Gattaran town were the two new cases in the province and the Cagayan
Valley region as well.
Designated as
PH 661, the province’s second reported case traveled all the way from Manila to
Tuguegarao on March 14 after fetching his wife who arrived from Hong Kong. The
couple was reported to have boarded a Florida bus from the country’s capital.
Upon their arrival in Tuguegarao, the two also rode a public utility jeep and
tricycle.
Meanwhile,
PH662 used a private vehicle when he traveled from Manila to his hometown on
March 12. Cagayan Provincial Office later revealed that PH662 was former Cagayan congressman Ramon
Nolasco Sr, citing a report from radio station DZCV.
According to
Cabrera, both patients had fever, while PH662 also had a mild cough.
The patients
were tested on March 20 and March 18, respectively.
PH661 is now
isolated at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC), while PH662 is under
strict home quarantine, according to Cabrera.
“According to
the Municipal Health Officer, [PH662] is doing well and under strict home
quarantine,” she said.
Dr Glenn
Mathew Baggao, chief of CVMC, said PH661 is on his 8th day in isolation and is
now stable.
Meanwhile, the health
officials urged the public to cooperate with efforts to locate all persons that
need to be traced.
"Tayo po ay nakikiusap po at umaapila sa
ating kababayan na doblehin natin ang ating pag-iingat….Tumulong po tayo.
Sama-sama po tayo labanan ang virus na ‘to para sa ngayon tumigil na po at
hindi na madagdagan ang nasasawi at hindi na madagdagan ang mga kaso natin,"
added Baggao.
(We are appealing to the
people to double their efforts in staying safe...Let's help each other out and
join the fight against the virus, so it'll stop and our number of confirmed
cases will no longer rise.)
With the two
new cases, the total of confirmed coronavirus cases in Cagayan Valley is now 3.
The
region reported its first case last Saturday, March 21. As of
Thursday, 9 am, Cagayan Valley (Region 2) also has 185 persons under
investigation, and 49,581 persons under monitoring.
There are
still no reports of cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel
coronavirus, from the rest of the Region 2 provinces. These are: Batanes,
Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino.
The province
of Cagayan has been placed under lockdown after President Rodrigo Duterte
imposed an “enhanced” community quarantine in the entire Luzon Island.
As of
Wednesday, March 25, the Philippines has 636 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with 26 recoveries,
and 38 deaths. – Rappler.com
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