Street sweeper caused 4 Baguio barangays to lockdown

After the city breezed through 13 straight days of recording no new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the city government locked down four barangays after a person tested positive of the virus on 10 April 2020.

Mayor Benjamin Magalong ordered the lockdown of Upper and Lower Dagsian, Hillside and Scout Barrio in view of this new infection wherein only essential travels will be allowed.

The new patient, a 46-year-old female street sweeper of Barangay Scout Barrio, is the city’s 15th positive case. She was said to have first experienced symptoms on 3 April and had a check-up on 7 April.

Magalong also directed concerned barangay officials of Upper Dagsian, where the victim lives, to undergo quarantine.

Aggressive contact tracing is now being conducted to round up the patient’s contacts which include some police personnel who are now in isolation, according to Baguio City Police Director Allen Rae Co.

The mayor also ordered the immediate disinfection of the patient’s residence, police station and other areas she visited.

Baguio City now has a total of 15 confirmed patients with nine recoveries and one fatality.  (Read original article) Photo Credit: Daily Tribune

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