ZAMBOANGA CITY –
A second prisoner infected with novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) died on
Wednesday in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, the Department of Health
said.
It said the
57-year old prisoner was admitted April 26 at the Zamboanga City Medical Center
(ZCMC) after being diagnosed with pneumonia and died due to congestive heart
failure. He is the 10th Covid-19 case (ZC-10) in Zamboanga City.
A prisoner, also known by
his code as ZC-09, who had tuberculosis and showed symptoms of the virus also died on April 20. Before his death, the City Health Office under Dr Dulce Miravite coordinated with the ZCMC
when it received reports about the patient and immediately brought him to
hospital for medical examination and laboratory testing as a
protocol. But his
Covid-19 test results came out five days after his death at the same hospital.
His body was handed to the Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology, according to Dr Justin Faber, a ZCMC spokesman, who said the City Health Office followed protocols in
coordinating with the ZCMC in the case of ZC-09, the code used to tag the
patient being the 9th Covid positive case in Zamboanga City.
Health authorities begun tracing people who may
have close contact with the patient - who had tuberculosis - when he was alive
in an effort to prevent the spread of the deadly Covid-19.
It was unclear how the ZC-09 or ZC-10 contracted
the deadly respiratory virus since the Zamboanga City Reformatory Center
remains under lockdown since last month. The City Health Office has begun mass
testing all prisoners to determine if any of them are infected with the virus.
Zamboanga City remains under a
strict community quarantine while the local government works on a comprehensive
economic recovery and rehabilitation plan as part of its Covid-19 response
structure.
The local task force on Covid-19
headed by Mayor Beng Climaco said as of April 29, Zamboanga City has a total of
10 positive cases - including the latest fatality - and 331 suspected cases,
although 129 of them had been tested again and are now free from the viral
infection, and 119 others are still waiting for their test results. But 2 other
had died from suspected Covid-19 since last month. (Zamboanga Post)
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