COVID-19 infects 5 more in densely populated area in Mandaue City
The Mandaue City’s Public Information Office (PIO) on Friday, May 22, announced that five of the city’s new 16 COVID-19 cases discovered on Thursday, May 21, were from a heavily populated area in Barangay Mantuyong, and were asymptomatic. | Photo courtesy of Mandaue City PIO
CEBU CITY, Philippines – SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has infected five more residents in a densely populated area in Mandaue City, the city government reported on Friday, May 22, 2020.
The Mandaue City’s Public Information Office (PIO) announced on Facebook that five of the city’s new 16 COVID-19 cases discovered on Thursday, May 21, were from an area in Barangay Mantuyong, where two COVID-19 patients have been previously reported.
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The five new patients, they said, were asymptomatic, and have been transferred to the city’s designated isolation center.
“(The patients) were transferred from Barangay Mantuyong to the Mandaue City Central Quarantine Facility (Mandaue City Central School) late last night. All five of them were asymptomatic but were transferred to the facility due to the close proximity of households in the barangay,” the PIO stated.
“The patients will stay in the quarantine facility until they are deemed recovered after testing negative of the virus,” they added.
According to the PIO, the patients from Barangay Mantuyong – a 20-year-old female, a 19-year-old female, a 55-year-old male, and a 30-year-old – reside in Zone 6, Sitio Asinan while the village’s 5th new patient is a 41-year-old from Zone 4.
Barangay Mantuyong, which has a population of over 6,500 based on the 2015 census of the Philippine Statistics Authority, is situated a few meters behind the Mandaue City Public Market.
Sitio Asinan has been placed under lockdown since May 6, when it recorded its first COVID-19 patient. It affected more than 15 households within the sitio or subvillage.
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As of May 21, Mandaue City, which is placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until May 31, has a total of 218 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with three deaths and seven recoveries.
184 of the 218 coronavirus patients happened to be inmates in the Mandaue City Jail located in Barangay Looc.
Decontamination
Meanwhile, the city government has ordered its disaster and rescue unit to conduct decontamination and put up containment measures not only in Barangay Mantuyong but also in areas where COVID-19 patients have been recently discovered.
These are in Mahayahay, Barangay Labogon, Pacencia Compound in Barangay Tipolo, and Deca Homes in Barangay Jagobiao.
The patients from Barangays Labogon and Tipolo are currently admitted in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, the PIO added while the one from Barangay Jagobiao is placed under home isolation. /bmjo
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