SAN ANTONIO, Zambales–A public teacher and a pharmacy assistant in this province have contracted COVID-19 and were among the six new cases in the province as of Saturday, May 15.
Dr. Noel Bueno, provincial health director, said the 57-year-old teacher is a resident of Barangay San Nicholas in Castillejos town. It was not immediately known how she contracted the virus.
The 25-year-old pharmacy assistant is from Barangay East Dirita in this town and could have been infected with COVID-19 at work.
Zambales has breached the 2,000-mark after recording a total of 2,306 COVID-19 cases.
At least five patients have also recovered from the disease on Saturday, bringing to 1,822 the pr…
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