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Dialysis patient, unang kaso ng COVID-19 sa Basilan
Basilan has reported its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a 47-year-old male dialysis patient from Tipo-Tipo.
The patient is currently confined at the Zamboanga City General Hospital and is in stable condition.
He initially tested positive using rapid kits and was confirmed through an RT-PCR test.
Contact tracing is underway, and all identified close contacts will undergo rapid testing.
The patient's wife has already been tested and confirmed negative.
This case brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to 24.
As of Wednesday, the BARMM has 7 recoveries, 13 admitted patients, and 4 deaths.
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