There is no local transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Western Visayas, according to the Department of Health (DOH-6).
Dr. Mary Jane Juanico, head of the infectious Disease Unit of the DOH-6, said all cases in the region are “imported.”
Local transmission is defined as “the transfer of the virus that causes the disease in a local geographical setting.”
Af of March 25, the DOH-6 recorded four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region. One each in Bacolod City, Iloilo City, Iloilo province, and Capiz.
The four patients traveled to places affected by COVID-19 and exposed to people infected with the disease, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared as a pandemic.
Juanico said contact tracing for the four positive cases is ongoing.
Currently, 78 patients under investigation (PUIs) for COVID-19 are confined in various hospitals in the region. Forty-three of them are still waiitng for their test results.IMT
