Two SoCot residents test positive for Covid-19 upon return

Two residents of South Cotabato who returned from Metro Manila and Cebu tested positive for Covid-19.

Dr. Rogelio Aturdido Jr., chief of the Integrated Provincial Health Office, confirmed that one patient is a 24-year-old pregnant woman from Tampakan town who initially tested positive in a rapid diagnostic test upon arrival last Sunday.

The other individual was among those who tested positive in a rapid antibody test and is currently awaiting confirmatory PCR testing at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center.

South Cotabato has tightened its quarantine measures for returning OFWs and LSIs, with 586 individuals undergoing mandatory 14-day isolation in designated facilities across the province.