Occidental Mindoro already has a case of the Delta variant, according to the local government.
According to the LGU, the first case was recorded against a 28-year-old woman resident of Sablayan.
The municipal health office said the COVID-19 patient went to Metro Manila because she applied for a job as a domestic helper in Hong Kong.
When she returned to Mindoro, she only found out that she had tested positive for the disease.
But despite this, she managed to escape to Metro Manila again on August 1 to take care of her application, and she underwent the swab test again.
She allegedly kept it a secret so that the LGU and the province did not know.
On August 18, the LGU of Sablayan learned of the Delta variant case due to the call of the regional epidemiology surveillance unit.
First case of Delta variant in Occidental Mindoro recorded
“Kaya, kahit kami po ay hindi po namin alam na itong ating client ay nag-positive po pala sa RT PCR. And bagama’t siya po ay positive na, alam niyang positive na siya, ay nakabalik pa sa Manila ng Aug. 1. Kinabukasan, sinubmit n’ya po ulit ang sarili niya for RT PCR, for second opinion. At bumalik po ulit siya sa ating bayan para hintayin po ang result. Nang dumating po ang result noong Aug. 4 ay positive po ulit,” said municipal health officer Dr. Meldie Soriano.
(We didn’t know that our client tested positive for RT PCR. And although she is already positive, she knows that she is positive. She returned to Manila on Aug. 1. The next day, she resubmitted herself for RT PCR for a second opinion. And she returned to our town to wait for the result. When the result came on Aug. 4 is positive again.
She underwent a swab test, and it was confirmed that she was positive for the Delta variant.
Her family is also taking a swab test.
It was also ordered to have testing in all the patient’s neighbors.
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