KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 3 Mar) – Another individual in Region 12 has been confined as a patient under investigation (PUI) for the deadly 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19), the regional Department of Health (DoH) said.
The new PUI was brought to an undisclosed hospital after the three others reported earlier have been discharged with negative results as of Friday, February 28.
As of late Monday afternoon, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine has yet to release the laboratory results of the new PUI case in the region, according to the DOH Soccksargen’s Center for Health Development.
Arjohn Gangoso, DOH-12 health education and promotion officer, earlier said there are 17 hospitals across the region that are capable of attending to the needs of PUIs.
He said the DOH has launched an information campaign on how to avoid COVID-19 in schools and communities and has trained hospital workers on how to address the disease that originated from Wuhan, China.
The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit began the COVID-19 watch in the region last January 29.[]
Since then, 71 individuals were considered as Persons Under Monitoring (PUMs), of whom 62 have already completed their 14-day home quarantine.[]
