Bohol logs 2 more COVID-19 cases | Inquirer News

Bohol logs 2 more COVID-19 cases

By: - Correspondent / @leoudtohanINQ
/ 01:29 PM August 02, 2020

TAGBILARAN CITY – Two more local residents, including a  woman who recently gave birth, became the latest coronavirus disease 2019  (COVID-19) patients in Bohol province.

Residents in Bohol are advised to wear face masks and observe physical distancing to contain the spread of the new coronavirus disease 2019  (COVID-19). LEO UDTOHAN

The female patient from Bien Unido town had a fever a day after giving birth at the Don Emilio Del Valle Memorial Hospital in Ubay town on July 27, 2020.

Bohol Gov. Arthur Yap, in a post on social media, announced that another patient from Talibon town also contracted the virus.

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The latest COVID-19 patients, he said, had no travel history to places with high infection rates.

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“We classify it as community transmission. This is the report we received from the DOH (Department of Health),” Yap said.

He said the two new patients have been isolated.

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Yap appealed to the residents to follow health protocols like wearing a face mask and to observing physical distancing.

“Now that our community transmission is increasing, we must be careful. Stay at home. Self-discipline is important,” Yap said.

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