6 health workers among 13 COVID-19 cases in Quezon | Inquirer News

6 health workers among 13 COVID-19 cases in Quezon

By: - Correspondent / @dtmallarijrINQ
/ 11:42 AM April 07, 2020

LUCENA CITY –– At least six from the 13 confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Quezon province were medical/health workers, according to authorities.

Janet Geneblazo-Buelo, head of the Quezon Public Information Office, citing information from the Integrated Provincial Health Office, revealed that of the 13 confirmed virus carriers in the province, “six are medical/health workers.”

Lucena Mayor Roderick Alcala revealed on Monday that of the six confirmed cases in the city, at least three were “doctors.”

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“We’re almost finished with the contact tracing in the five cases. But with the latest case, we’re now back to zero,” Alcala lamented in a phone interview.

The Tayabas City information office had also disclosed that one of their confirmed cases was a “health worker in a private health facility in Lucena City.”

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