CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — Medical workers are conducting a massive house-to-house search in Barangay Camaman-an here to search for neighbors of a recently died COVID-19 (coronavirus
They have already finished searching 680 houses within a 50-meter radius of the house of Patient No. 6873 in Pinikitan, Barangay Camaman-an this city.said Dr. Joselito Retuya, chief epidemiologist of the Cagayan de Oro City Health Office.
He said the medical workers were residents of Barangay Camaman-an making the search faster since they knew the community.Despite the familiarity, Retuya said they faced a black wall on the travel history of the patient. He said they were puzzled because based on their interviews with the granddaughter and son of the deceased, the old man was mostly bed-ridden at the back of the store.He said they had already contacted, checked on the doctor and nurse who examined the patient when he was admitted at the Polymedic Hospital here.
Overnight, residents put up chokepoints and barricades in Pinikitan, Adela and Ramonal subdivisions to prevent non-residents from entering their streets.
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