Four of every 10 persons, who are now on quarantine in Naga City, had been drinking buddies of patients who had tested positive for COVID-19, according to the mayor of Naga. | RAOstriaINQ
In an area in Concepcion Pequeña, locally known as the “Spillway,” at least 17 have tested positive for the virus after they were exposed to two returnees who arrived from the town of Naic in virus hot spot Cavite province last June 14.
One of the four new patients tagged on Monday had a “drinking session” with one of the contacts, who tested positive on July 2. The mayor, however, did not give exact numbers of those being watched after having drinking sessions.According to the DOH, bed capacity is starting to be filled up in the Bicol region. In current use is one of 37 ICU beds, 37 of 276 isolation beds and 50 of 147 COVID-19 ward beds.
But none of the region’s 25 ventilators, machines that aid breathing, are being used as of now, according to the DOH.
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