CITY OF CALAPAN – The district hospital in Lubang island has been placed on lockdown starting Saturday until June 11, the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force – Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan (RIATF – Mimaropa) said Sunday.
Occidental Mindoro Governor Eduardo Gadiano made the request for the hospital to be put under lockdown due to “two confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases [who interacted] with 49 employees of the hospital, including doctors and nurses who were identified as close contacts.”
“All health services of the hospital except on extreme emergency cases are closed,” said Gadiano in a notice to the public on Sunday.
Contact tracing and disinfection of the hospital are being undertaken to prevent the spread of the virus.
RIATF chair Wilhelm Suyko, in a letter, said the “area is placed under Critical Zone or Enhanced Community Quarantine.”
“The surrounding areas shall also strictly operate within is community quarantine classification as determined by the provincial or municipal IATF/CODE,” he added.
As of May 28, Lubang has logged a total of 32 COVID-19 cases, all of which have recovered.
The province has logged a total of 946 COVID-19 cases, of which 121 are active, with 800 recoveries and 25 deaths since the pandemic started March last year.