DAGUPAN CITY — A 35 year-old seafarer from Tubao, La Union tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Saturday.
In a statement, Tubao Mayor Jonalyn Fontanilla-Piayas said the patient was swab-tested in Pasay City on July 1. He is the first COVID-19 case in the town.
Piayas ordered the lockdown of Purok 18 in Barangay Amallapay where the seafarer resides.
It was learned that he went to Pasay City on June 24 for a medical examination and secure documents for his possible deployment.
He returned to La Union and travelled back to Pasay City for the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction or RT-PCR test.
The patient was admitted at the La Union Medical Center.
La Union has so far recorded 25 COVID-19 cases, with 18 recoveries and 1 death.