BORONGAN CITY, Aug. 7 (PIA) –Local Chief Executives of the municipalities in Eastern Samar with new confirmed COVID-19 cases seek prayers.
This as health authorities reported that the province has five new cases of COVID-19 as of 10 p.m of August 6.
In a post from Dr. Rodel Delgado of the provincial health office, he said that the new confirmed cases are tagged as follows:
EV- 1117 35/F is from Lawaan, with a chronic illness, admitted in EVRMC on July 29. She has no travel history but is a contact of a confirmed case while admitted in EVRMC.
Another case is EV-1118, 29/M from Llorente, who is an LSI from Quezon City. He arrived in Eastern Samar on July 28 and developed Fever on July 29. He was transferred to ESPH on August 2 and is still admitted at present.
Still another is from Arteche town, EV-1119, 27/M, an LSI from Calamba, Laguna. He arrived in Eastern Samar on August 1 and developed loss of smell on August 3. He is currently asymptomatic and has been isolated in Arteche since his arrival.
From Gen Macarthur is EV-1120, 76/F, an LSI from Montalban, Rizal. She arrived in Eastern Samar on July 28 and developed cough on August 3. She has been isolated since arrival in General MacArthur.
And the fifth is EV-1121, 21/M still from General MacArthur, an LSI from Laguna. He arrived in Eastern Samar on July 25 and developed cough on July 30. He has been isolated since arrival in General MacArthur.
The PHO report added that all contacts of the five new confirmed cases are already in isolation.
"Let’s not panic. All patients have already been in quarantine facilities. Please continue our prayers for the good health of everyone."
In his public post, Llorente town Mayor Dan Boco said that he is saddened with the case in his town, but added that the patient just breezed in without any medical certificate, he was though admitted because of fever due to an infection of his multiple stab wounds.
Boco said that he has asked his people to strictly follow the health protocols and assured that those exposed to the patient are now in isolation for 14 days.
"Those health workers are all in PPEs as they discharge their duties," Boco said.
He appeals to all residents to continue observing health protocol and to continuously pray for the health workers.
In another post of Arteche town Mayor Rolando Evardone, he said that EV 1119 is an LSI from Calamba Laguna who arrived on August 1 in a private car with two companions.
They were directed to the quarantine facility where the Mayor assured that he did not have any direct contact except with the health workers wearing complete PPEs as they were received.
On August 3, the patient felt loss of the sense of smell, which is one indication of COVID-19.
Evardone said that the LGU immediately started contact tracing.
On Aug. 5, the patient was swabbed with his roommate and his result was positive while his roommate yielded negative.
The patient though asymptomatic is in an isolation facility in Arteche town.
The mayor then urged his people not to panic, but to follow health protocols to avoid community transmission.
"I urged you to pray for EV 1119 for healing," the mayor said in the dialect.
Presently, PHO E. Samar said it has seven pending samples at the Eastern Visayas Regional COVID-19 Testing Center (EVRCTC). (nbq with reports from PHO, Arteche LGU and Llorente LGU)
Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)
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