13-year old boy is Bohol’s youngest COVID-19 patient
TAGBILARAN CITY –– A 13-year-old boy here tested positive for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the youngest Boholano who got infected with the virus.
Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell Yap II said the boy has not displayed symptoms of the disease and has been under home quarantine.
Yap said the boy, a resident of Purok Centro 1 in Barangay Dampas, was tested for COVID-19 after his cousin, a locally stranded individual (LSI), contracted the virus.
The area where the boy lives, the mayor said, would be placed under lockdown.
“Food will be given to the affected families,” he said.
Yap urged residents to continue wearing a face mask and to observe physical distancing when in public places, to contain the spread of the virus.
The entire island of Bohol now has 69 cases of COVID-19 with three deaths. At least 21 of these cases are from Tagbilaran City.
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