There are no new cases of COVID - 19 in Central Visayas, the Department of Health here (DOH - 7) announced on Monday, March 30, 2020.
The Department of Health in Central Visayas is now conducting a contract tracing on the third confirmed case of the 2019 novel coronavirus in the country.
CEBU CITY, Philippines – There are no new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 in Central Visayas for Monday, March 30, 2020, the Department of Health here announced.DOH – 7 stated that Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center produced and released 53 results of COVID-19 tests for the Visayas region.“As of today, there are stillVSMMC is the sub-national level laboratory capable of conducting COVID-19 tests for the entire Visayas region.
However, health officials reminded the public not to be complacent, adding that this new development does not reflect a decrease in the cases or an absence of ongoing transmission in the community. “The absence of a new case for today should not cause us to be complacent. Test results are dependent on the judgment of doctors if their patients should be swabbed and tested,” DOH – 7 said.“We continue to emphasize the need for the public to support ongoing containment measures and practice social/physical distancing, regular hand washing, and self-isolation when not feeling well and seek to consult at the earliest possible time.,” said DOH – 7.
There are 143,055 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States. It was followed by Italy with 97,689, and Spain with 85,195.Deaths globally are now at 34,686 while recoveries are at 154,673. / rcgThe comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
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