At least 25 locally stranded individuals from Manila arrived at the Tagbilaran City Port in Bohol on Tuesday, July 7, on board a vessel of the Philippine Coast Guard. (Photo: PCG-Western Bohol)
TAGBILARAN CITY—At least 25 people, who had been stranded in coronavirus epicenter Manila for four months, returned to Bohol on Tuesday (July 7).
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Western Bohol said in a report that the stranded individuals went through health screening and protocol to make sure they had been infected with SARS Cov2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
The returning Boholanos are residents of Tagbilaran City and the towns of Buenavista, Alicia, Trinidad, Clarin, Sierra Bullones, Pilar, Dagohoy, Carmen, Talibon, Ubay, Loboc, and Loay.
They were brought to quarantine facilities in their hometowns.