SAN PEDRO CITY –– A Batangas City resident, with a record of recent travel from London, England tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the first record of the infection in Batangas province. The gender of the individual was not immediately known but the person is in isolation at the Batangas Medical Center, according to provincial administrator Levi Dimaunahan in a phone interview Friday. ADVERTISEMENTThe case was also disclosed in an advisory issued by Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas on Friday after it was confirmed Thursday evening. The case raised concerns primarily since Batangas City may remain the only operating international seaport, once the national government implements a community quarantine by Sunday and therefore ban air, land, and sea travel in and out Metro Manila. Classes in Batangas, which was recently hit by a volcanic eruption, are suspended anew starting Friday until the end of March./lzbFor more news about the novel coronavirus click here.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 13, 2020 03:11 UTC