SAN PEDRO CITY-“We now have two.”
Batangas Gov. Hermilando Mandanas on Friday (March 13) announced a second confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the province.
“From one last night, we now have two,” the governor said in a phone interview.
He said he could not give further details, however, heeding protocol set by the Department of Health (DOH).
The two confirmed cases could have been “each other’s” contact, Mandanas said.
Contact tracing is underway, though, and measures to stop the spread of the diseases are in place across the province, he added.
In a statement, Batangas City health officer Rosanna Barrion said both patients had been referred to a hospital in Metro Manila.
The provincial information office (PIO) sought to correct an earlier statement attributed to local officials saying the first confirmed COVID-19 patient had been admitted to the Batangas Medical Center.
But the PIO did not disclose which hospital the patient was brought to.