UPDATED. The Camiguin provincial government learned the island had its first coronavirus case a day after the patient completed her mandatory 14-day quarantine and had 'moved around', authorities said. COVID19PH
Romualdo said that the patient did not show any symptoms of COVID-19.
Gonzales also said that the governor was correct when he said that the patient was asymptomatic. “But during the time that the DOH decided to do the test, the patient had mild symptoms," Gonzales said. A statement from the DOH Center for Health Development in Northern Mindanao said that the patient started her initial quarantine on March14 and experienced"mild symptoms of colds and sore throat" 3 days later. A swab was taken from her and sent to the laboratory for testing.Romualdo said she went to Manila with two other colleagues to attend a seminar.
"The 3 of them who were in the seminar were immediately put in quarantine the moment they landed in Camiguin," the governor added.Romualdo reiterated his call for residents of the island to remain at home.
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