ZAMBOANGA CITY—A 12-year-old boy stranded in Cebu City for months is the latest COVID-19 patient in this city.
Sheila Covarrubias, information officer of the Zamboanga City Task Force Against COVID-19, said on Friday (June 12) that the boy arrived in the city on May 31.
He was with others who availed themselves of the government’s Hatid-Probinsya program that sought to bring home individuals stranded in different parts of the country.
The boy was initially brought to one of the local hotels for quarantine.
The returning residents were tested for coronavirus to heed health protocol.
Covarrubias said the boy is the first minor COVID-19 patient in this city.
After he was confirmed to be infected by coronavirus, theboy was moved to the Lantaka quarantine facility and those who came into contact with him are being hunted.