BACOLOD CITY —- The Kabankalan City Hall in Negros Occidental was closed to people since Friday, Nov. 20, after at least 18 employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Mayor Pedro Zayco said contact tracing was immediately conducted to identify and isolate those who had close contacts with the persons who contracted the virus.
He said at least 127 more employees and locally stranded individuals had undergone swab tests to determine if they have COVID-19.
Zayco and the city budget officer also underwent swab tests after they were exposed to the city’s assistant engineer, who had died of COVID-19.
Both of them tested negative for the virus.
The mayor …
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