ILOILO City – The recent surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases here were mostly students from a medical school who were required to undergo swab test prior to their face-to-face classes.
According to Mayor Jerry Treñas, from the initial 10, the cases climbed to at least 20.
The close contacts of these students also tested positive.
“We are among the very few cities nga ang mga close contacts sang mga nag-positive gina-test naton…Maayo man ina siguro kay gina-quarantine dayun,” said Treñas.
Most of these medical students are now on strict home quarantine.
As of June 18, Iloilo City had a total of 100 active cases of COVID-19.
Treñas said Iloilo City is ready in case of a COVID-9 surge will continue.
The Iloilo City Modular Hospital has no patient yet while there were only two patients at the city’s COVID-19 Quarantine Facility in Barangay So-oc, Arevalo district, said Treñas.
Since 2020, Iloilo City recorded 31,822 confirmed cases and 678 deaths.
For 2022 alone, as of June 18, the city logged 9,156 cases with 77 deaths.
Data also showed that 42 healthcare workers were infected by COVID-19. Of the figure, 24 are clinical clerk/students, six are nurses, 11 are physicians, one is nursing attendant and another one is an operating room attendant./PN
