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Repatriated OFW in Leyte positive for Covid-19
An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) and four others tested positive for COVID-19 in Eastern Visayas, bringing the region's total to 36 cases.
The 31-year-old male OFW is a cruise ship worker who arrived in Tacloban City on Monday, May 25, and remains asymptomatic.
He is currently confined in an isolation unit in Hilongos, Leyte, and may be transferred to a higher healthcare facility if needed.
The Department of Health-Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development is coordinating with multiple agencies for contact tracing.
The four other cases are from Tarangnan, Samar, including a 12-year-old girl, a 26-year-old man, a 59-year-old woman, and an eight-year-old boy.
The region has 20 recoveries and zero deaths as of Friday, May 29, 2020.
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