COVID-19 patient in Sulu escapes from quarantine facility | Inquirer News

COVID-19 patient in Sulu escapes from quarantine facility

By: - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ
/ 08:09 PM June 17, 2020

A patient positive for COVID-19 has escaped from a quarantine facility in Sulu, prompting provincial police to conduct a search operation.

According to government reports, the patient was an overseas Filipino worker and was the second positive COVID-19 case in Sulu.

Jainap Abdulmajid, Sulu Task Force on COVID-19 information officer, said the patient escaped Sunday after breaking out of the window of the facility he was staying in.

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The patient was supposed to undergo another swab test on Monday after serving the mandatory two-week quarantine.

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Abdulmajid said that he’s worried about the situation since there is still no confirmation that the patient is cleared of the virus.

A team made up of police officers and members of the task force failed to find the patient in his parents’ home and other relatives in Jolo.

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