BACOLOD CITY — Mayor Ernesto Estrao has ordered the temporary closure of the Rural Health Unit (RHU) and birthing center in Hinoba-an town, Negros Occidental after some of its personnel tested positive for the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
The two facilities have been closed for disinfection and will reopen on Monday, June 21, Estrao said.
Seven out of 12 newly identified COVID-19 cases in Hinoba-an are personnel of the RHU.
The four others are family members who are considered close contacts and one Hinoba-an local government employee.
Estrao said a medical technologist at the RHU was the first to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 so the rest of the staff were swabb…
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