DOH: COVID-19 patient in Quezon City among cases earlier confirmed
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 2:47 p.m.) — Two patients in Quezon City and Marikina City who tested positive for the novel coronavirus were among the COVID-19 cases already confirmed and previously announced by the Department of Health.
Early Monday, the local governments of Quezon and Marikina announced that two patients in their cities were confirmed to have been infected with the virus, which causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The patient from Quezon City was brought to St. Luke’s Medical Center in the city. He is a resident of the city’s District 1, Mayor Joy Belmonte said.
The 57-year-old man had no travel history outside the Philippines but he had visitors from Davao, China and the United States since December.
Belmonte said she has ordered the Quezon City Health Department to do contact tracing and containment measures, as well as interview household members about the patient’s activities.
“They will also be instructed to self-quarantine, which is equivalent to ‘house arrest’ as they need to stay home for 14 days. While on home quarantine, they will be monitored twice a day for any sign of respiratory illness, including fever, cough, colds, among others,” the mayor said.
The city’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office has also been instructed to conduct refresher course for Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams in District 1 on the proper use of personal protective equipment and case monitoring.
Marikina case
Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro confirmed that a patient in the city, an 86-year-old American, contracted the virus. The man, who has a travel history to coronavirus hotspot South Korea, is admitted at The Medical City in Ortigas, Pasig.
In a video posted The STAR, Teodoro said he immediately ordered contact tracing and containment measures. He added that the city may implement a quarantine within Monday morning.
Classes in the city have been suspended until Wednesday but Teodoro said he may be constrained to extend the suspension of classes.
In a related development, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto also announced Monday afternoon that a Pasig resident tested positive for the virus.
“[The patient] is currently confined in a private hospital outside of Pasig,” he said.
It is not clear whether the Pasig resident was among the COVID-19 cases previously announced by the DOH.
“The LGU is closely coordinating with the DOH. The hospitals are secure. We are also implementing precautionary measures based on DOH and WHO guidelines,” Sotto said.
The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines stood at 10 Monday after the DOH reported four new cases.
Out of the confirmed cases in the country, seven are confined, while two have recovered. The country has recorded one fatality—a tourist who had arrived in the Philippines from Wuhan, the city in China that is the epicenter of the outbreak.
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