LOOK: Local government authorities from Al-Barka, Basilan on Saturday, June 27, recover the male COVID-19 patient who escaped from the town's quarantine facility. He is now in the provincial isolation facility. Photo from Al-Barka LGU READ:
CONTACT TRACING. Basilan frontliners on contact tracing duties. Photo from the Provincial Government of Basilan Facebook page
In an interview on Dxno-Radyo Komunidad, Darus said local health authorities have been searching for the 23-year-old patient since he fledon Thursday, June 25. They went to his residence in the same barangay, but he was nowhere to be found.
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