NegOr conducts contact tracing after gov't doctor tests positive for COVID-19
A government doctor in Negros Oriental has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting health authorities to conduct contact tracing.
The doctor attended a training in Cebu last week and does not work in Dumaguete hospitals.
Health officials have placed the doctor's immediate family under home quarantine and are testing them.
Dr. Socrates Villamor, DOH provincial chief, clarified that the new listed case is likely from Metro Manila but was registered as a resident of Negros Oriental due to DOH forms requiring permanent address information.
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