Press Release / May 15, 2020
Department of Health- Eastern Visayas received today the results of 156 sample specimens tested at Eastern Visayas Regional COVID-19 Testing Center (EVRTC).
Of the 156 sample specimen tested, four (4) turned positive (Patient EV-21 to EV-24) and these are all from Tarangnan, Samar. The new confirmed cases are the close contacts of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in the area.
The new four confirmed cases are Patient EV-21, is a 42 year-old, male; Patient EV-22 is a 63 year-old, male; Patient EV-23 is a 18 year-old, female and Patient EV-24 is a 21 year-old female.
Patient EV-21, EV-23 and EV-24 will be brought to the identified local Community Isolation Unit for medical assessment and isolation while Patient EV-22 will be referred to the Samar Provincial Hospital since he belong to the vulnerable group.
Community transmission has been continuing in Tarangnan, Samar for a month already and the cases continue to rise as mass testing was conducted. A non-pharmaceutical intervention such as setting-up of community isolation unit for the suspects, observing social distancing and staying at home must strongly be enforced to interrupt the ongoing transmission and reduce the spread of infection.
