Baby tests positive for COVID-19 in Bohol

TAGBILARAN CITY –– A one-year-old baby tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bohol.

Gov. Arthur Yap, in a report on Monday night, said the baby was among the two new patients in the province.

In a Facebook post, Dauis Mayor Marietta Tocmo-Sumaylo said the house, where the baby lives in Barangay San Isidro, had been placed on lockdown.

A source said the baby was brought to a hospital after experiencing a fever.

The father of the baby reportedly had an interaction with a driver, who was a COVID-19 patient, from Tubigon town.

Sumaylo asked her constituents to follow minimum health protocols such as the wearing of a face mask and face shield.

As of Monday, Bohol has 367 COVID-19 cases, of which 84 were active, 275 recovered, and eight deaths.

LZB

Read more...