8 New Cases of Covid-19 in Baguio City

Update: 4 more new cases apart from 4 health workers listed

April 25, 2020 – Aside from the four health workers, the city listed four more Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases today.

Mayor Benjamin Magalong said apart from the four Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) workers, the city listed four more — two Overseas Filipino Workers both from USA and residents of Dominican barangay and La Trinidad, Benguet; an employee of the Baguio Country Club and an eight-day old baby now at the Pines City Doctors Hospital.

The mayor said appropriate measures are being undertaken on medical interventions, contract tracing, quarantine and disinfection to contain the further transmission of the virus. – PIO Baguio

4 new COVID-19 cases recorded today, all are health workers

April 25, 2020 – Four new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were recorded today in the city.

Mayor Benjamin Magalong said all are health workers in the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center.

Two are doctors, one is a nurse and the other one is a hospital clerk.

They are from Woodsgate Subd. Camp 7, Sto. Tomas Proper and from BGH Compound barangays.

All patients are confined at the BGHMC and are stable.

For containment, the mayor said he will order the lockdown of the subject barangays and subdivision. 

BGHMC Medical Chief Dr. Ricardo Ruñez said they have started all necessary measures to trace all contacts and are preparing their hospital staff for testing.

“We will start disinfecting wards, have advised to temporarily stop admissions and communicating with other hospitals for this matter. We will continue with the triage,” Ruñez told the mayor. – PIO- Baguio

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