Disaster responder in Negros Occidental town tests positive for COVID-19

A 26-year-old male responder of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office in Pontevedra, Negros Occidental tested positive for the coronavirus disease. | carlapgomezINQ

He was part of the crew that brought a locally stranded individual of the town to the EB Magalona healing center to undergo re-swabbing for a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction test,

said Pontevedra DRRMO head Fairy Grace Andrico.At least 20 PDRRMO members and two nurses, who were exposed to the male responder, were isolated while waiting for their test results.FEATURED STORIES

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