TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte – The city’s task force on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has confirmed two (2) new cases of COVID-19 bringing the city’s total cases to five.
The patients are a 29-year-old male and a 51-year-old female from Barangay Magugpo West and Barangay Bincungan. They arrived last May 26, 2020 via a sweeper flight through the Balik Probinsya Program. Both are asymptomatic.
The city government assured its residents that both patients were immediately isolated after arriving in the city.
All five active cases are housed in the city’s Infectious Diseases Isolation Facility in Barangay Canocotan. Health officials from the Davao Regional Medical Center and Tagum City Health Office continue to monitor their cases.
City officials continue to remind its citizens to follow community quarantine protocols by observing social distancing, wearing of face masks, frequent hand washing and avoiding unnecessary travels. (Rommel F. Lopez)