Manila Bulletin
Negros Oriental records 11 more PUIs, 4 PUMs
Negros Oriental is now monitoring a total of 14 Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) and 24 Persons Under Monitoring (PUMs) for possible COVID-19 infection.
The PUIs include individuals with travel history to Spain and Thailand, as well as nurses who had close contact with a COVID-19 positive councilor.
Four PUIs from Tayasan town are isolated in different hospitals, while the nurses are isolated at Ace Doctor's Hospital due to flu-like symptoms.
Two individuals with travel history to Spain and Thailand have symptoms like fever and body malaise, with one confined at the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital and the other on home quarantine.
Another PUI is on home quarantine in Dumaguete City.
Swab specimens from all PUIs have been sent to the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM).
Contact tracing is underway in Tayasan town following a reported positive case.
The province has no confirmed COVID-19 cases, and all PUMs have travel history outside the country.
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