Health worker is 4th COVID-19 case in Caraga region
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—-A healthcare worker of the Caraga Regional Hospital (CRH) in Surigao City is the fourth case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Caraga region, the Department of Health (DOH) said.
The fourth case in Caraga is a 37-year-old female worker in CRH.
This after a 65-year-old COVID-19 patient from Butuan City recovered and was discharged from the hospital.
As part of health protocol, all hospital workers are required to undergo quarantine after being on duty at the COVID-19 isolation ward.
The health worker showed no symptoms of the disease after 14 days of isolation but after her reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result came out on Friday, she was admitted at the CRH for monitoring and follow-up test.
“We are doing all means to protect, isolate and actively monitor the condition of the affected individual,” DOH Regional Director Jose R. Llacuna, Jr. said.
Llacuna said 19 health care workers will be deployed at the CRH to augment its existing work force.
Meanwhile, RT-PCR tests on samples from 15 suspect cases returned negative for COVID-19.
These suspect cases are patients admitted at the Butuan Doctors’ Hospital, Butuan Medical Center-Annex, D.O. Plaza Memorial Hospital, Manuel J. Santos Hospital, Nasipit District Hospital, and Caraga Regional Hospital.
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