MANILA, Philippines — Close to 350 individuals are being monitored in a community in Quezon City following the case of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW), who tested positive for the UK variant of the new coronavirus.
Francis Adante, officer-in-charge of Barangay Commonwealth, said 90 families—composed of some 342 individuals—are being monitored in their community where the OFW previously stayed.
Adante said among those being monitored in the community are workers, senior citizens, and pregnant women.
“Actually ‘yung area ay napakahirap talaga, it’s a depressed area. Hindi ganoon kadaling kausapin yung mga tao,” he said in an interview with ABS-CBN’s Teleradyo.
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