By BIN 11:06 AM June 15, 2020
One of the two nurses who was tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) allegedly broke protocol after he escaped quarantine and attended a birthday party.
Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell Yap II in a Facebook post confirmed that one of the nurses who is working in a private hospital in the city escaped from hospital quarantine to attend a birthday party prior to the release of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.
The (PCR) test results of the nurse and another colleague showed they both contracted the SARS Cov2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
They were placed on isolation in the hospital.
” Ang isa, naay report nga ni break sa protocol og ni escape sa hospital before ni abot ang result and ni attend og party outside the city. Ni balik rapod sya sa hospital,” he said.
“Gitan-aw na sa legal department kung unsa ang mga cases ang e file,” Yap added.
Yap didn’t mentioned the place where the nurse attended a party.
The local government unit of Panglao, however, issued a statement that they launched contact-tracing efforts in Purok 2 in Barangay Bil-isan as one of the two health workers interacted “heavily” with some residents of the village days before the result of the latest test conducted came out.
The LGU- Panglao clarified that the nurse is not a resident of Panglao.
“This COVID-19 positive inidividual is not a resident of the Municipality of Panglao. However, his/her mother is momentarily residing at Barangay Bil-isan. The mother celebrated her birthday recently together with close associates including her child who is COVID-19 positive inidvidaul, hence inter-personal interactions occurred,” the statement said.
