LEGAZPI CITY –– A nurse in Bacacay town in Albay has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after being exposed to an asymptomatic patient, according to the Department of Health in Bicol in a report released late Friday. According to DOH, she was a close contact of Bicol#77, who tested positive on June 5. If she acquired SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, from Bicol#77, she is not the first recorded patient infected by an asymptomatic patient in Bicol. Previous reports indicate that at least four others tested positive after being identified as close contacts of asymptomatic patients. Bicol#31 was a close contact of Bicol#21; Bicol#37 and Bicol#44 were close contacts of Bicol#35; and Bicol#62 was a close contact of Bicol#48.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 12, 2020 03:45 UTC