LANAO del Sur has reported its highest spike in new Covid-19 cases after more than a month of zero cases in the province.
Bangsamoro Parliament member and spokesperson for the Lanao del Sur Inter-Agency Task Force Zia Alonto Adiong said nine returning residents from Laguna and Metro Manila were tested positive for Covid-19 disease through Xpert Express PCR Test.
Adiong said this ended the 46 days that Lanao del Sur recorded no new cases of the Covid-19.
Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. said those who were tested positive were people stranded elsewhere who returned last June 3 and 5.
The provincial government of Lanao del Sur chartered an Air Asia flight to bring home 129 residents last June 6.
Lanao del Sur provincial health officer Alinader Minalang said of the nine positive cases, eight came from Marawi City and one from the neighboring town of Marantao.
Marawi Mayor Majul Gandamra said the eight—five females and three males—were fetched from the joint triage medical facility in Barangay Sagonsongan.
Gamdamra said they are now isolated in the city quarantine facility.
Gov. Adiong appealed to the National Inter-Agency Task Force to put a stop in sending locally stranded residents and overseas workers until they can ensure that not one is sick of the coronavirus.
“The returning residents should be tested not only by rapid tests but a thorough swab test,” Adiong said. (Froilan Gallardo)
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