ILOILO – Are the two police frontliners who got infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-1) a case of local transmission? The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 6 has yet to divulge their assessment.
“We cannot say yet if this is a case of a local transmission,” according Dr. Sophia Pulmones, head of DOH-6’s Local Health Support Division.
The city government, according to Pulmones, is still tracking the source of infections of these policemen both belonging to the Mandurriao district police station.
“Ginatan-aw pa sang aton local government unit ang details of the source of infections,” she said. “Sa subong wala pa sila nakatapos sang contact tracing because nga frontliners ni sila and then very mobile man sila.”
The two policemen were a 32-year-old male from La Paz district here (Patient No. 149) and a 22-year-old male from Lambunao, Iloilo (Patient No. 151). Both belonged to the Mandurriao district police station.
The policemen were among the several frontliners that the city government subjected to reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test on June 8.
Patient No. 149’s specific assignment was Q. Abeto Street in Mandurriao while Patient No. 151, the Mandurriao Public Market and later at Smallville Complex.
The city government as of this writing has already subjected 150 persons who had exposure to the police officers.
These close contacts include the following:
* Police personnel assigned in Mandurriao police station,
* Market vendors of Mandurriao district,
* Tricycle and pedicab drivers,
* Family members,
* Barangay officials of Q. Abeto Street
* Social workers who had a meeting with the Mandurriao police in relation to the distribution of cash aid
Meanwhile, the city government ordered the Western Visayas Medical Center Sub-National Laboratory to prioritize the release of swab results of the police personnel./PN
