ILIGAN CITY—A nurse who supervises polio vaccination in six villages here has contracted SARS Cov2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and became 58th in the city’s tally of infection cases. Dr. Cherlina Canaveral, city health officer, said the nurse, 61-years-old, was from the village of Villaverde. Health authorities have traced 38 persons who had close contact with the nurse. At least 15 more persons, who had exposure to the nurse in her work for the polio vaccination program, are also being hunted. Cañaveral said the number of persons who need to be traced may increase because the patient was supervising the vaccination drive in six heavily populated villages.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 04, 2020 14:15 UTC