SAN ANTONIO, Zambales —- A 50-year-old female doctor has contracted COVID-19 after responding to a relative who died of the disease, an official said Tuesday, June 8.
Dr. Noel Bueno, provincial health director, said the doctor wore a face mask and shield when she checked on her 86-year-old relative, who was found dead inside the latter’s house.
It was not immediately determined that the old woman was infected with COVID-19.
Bueno said the room where the patient died was air-conditioned, which could have caused the virus to spread quickly.
The doctor was among the 14 new cases of COVID-19 in the province that day.
Most of the other cases belong to the same h…
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