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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two frontline workers or frontliners are added to the count of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in Talisay City.
This Sunday, June 14, 2020, Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas said a total of four new cases were confirmed in the city.
One of the new cases is a 54-year-old man in uniform in Cebu City who was tested last June 9 due to fever, loss of taste and smell.
The patient, tagged as PT 86, is a resident of Barangay Maghaway.
The second frontliner who tested positve for COVID-19 is a health care worker from Barangay San Isidro.
The 38-year-old patient, tagged as PT 87, was swabbed for mild influenza-like illness last June 13.
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Meanwhile, the two family members and household contacts of PT 84, the health care worker from Barangay Cansojong who was reported for COVID-19 on Saturday, also tested positive for the infection today, June 14.
Tagged as PT 84a and PT 84b, the new cases were swabbed last June 13 for ILI symptoms.
PT 84a, a 53-year-old man, is currently confined to a private hospital in Cebu City while PT 84b has mild symptoms and has remained under quarantine with PT 84./dbs