Batanes logs 4th COVID-19 case

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Philippines — Batanes has recorded its fourth COVID-19 case.

In a post on Facebook, the Batanes provincial government said the patient, an authorized person outside residence who arrived on a flight from Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, on March 12, tested positive for the virus on Thursday.

Two of his seven co-passengers yielded negative results while five are waiting for the result of their swab tests.

People visiting Batanes are required to undergo quarantine and swab test despite the easing of travel restrictions by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Batanes became COVID-free in December when its third case, an 82-year-old man, recovered.

San Ildefonso mayor gets COVID-19

Meanwhile, Mayor Carla Galvez-Tan of San Ildefonso, Bulacan has contracted the virus.

The mayor’s office said the result of Tan’s swab test was released on Tuesday.

The municipal building was closed yesterday for disinfection.

In Ifugao, the municipal building of Hingyon town was placed on indefinite lockdown after several employees were exposed to an infected person.

Hingyon Mayor Gerald Luglug had earlier placed several areas in Barangays Southern and Northern Cababuyan on granular lockdown after five villagers were infected.

The public market in Sagada, Mountain Province was also closed for disinfection after new cases were recorded. –  Ramon Efren Lazaro