MANILA, Philippines — One of the crew members of the MV Athens Bridge, positive for the COVID-19 variant first detected in India, has died, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the seafarer, whose current address is in Paraaque City, died last week in a hospital in Manila.
“Yung sa apat na naconfine, isa ay namatay last week. I think that was Friday. Tatlo ay nakakarecover at maayos na ang kanilang estado,” she said in an online press briefing.
(Of the four crew members who were confined at a hospital, one died last week. I think that was Friday. Three are recovering now and their health status is now okay.)
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