The regional office of the Department of Health (DOH 11) reported on Monday additional Delta Variant cases in the Davao Region.
The new cases are a 38-year-old, pregnant woman from Tagum, Davao del Norte; 33-year-old, male from Mati, Davao Oriental; 32-year-old, female from Mati, Davao Oriental; and 41-year-old, male, Returning Overseas Filipino (ROF) from Cairo, Egypt with present address in Nabunturan, Davao de Oro.
The pregnant woman from Tagum, who is the 10th Delta case in the region, was swabbed and tested positive at Davao Regional Medical Center last July 23, 2021. Currently, she is still an active case and currently isolated at a Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facility (TTMF) in Davao del Norte.
The male (11th case) from Mati Davao Oriental was swabbed and tested positive last July 10, 2021. The specimen was sent to Southern Philippines Medical Center. He was tagged as recovered after finishing the prescribed isolation period. He is scheduled for a repeat reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test.
The female from Mati, Davao Oriental (12th case) was swabbed and tested positive last July 10, 2021. The specimen was sent to Southern Philippines Medical Center. She was tagged as recovered after finishing the prescribed isolation period. She is scheduled for a repeat RT-PCR test.
Meanwhile, the ROF from Cairo, Egypt was swabbed and tested positive on July 24, 2021. He was quarantined at BOQ Manila until August 3, 2021. He arrived in Davao International Airport last August 4, 2021 and arrived at Davao de Oro on the same day. He was isolated in a facility in Davao de Oro until August 8, 2021. No re-swabbing prior to discharge was done. Currently, he is on strict home quarantine and still for repeat RT-PCR test on August 17, 2021.
These cases were detected from the specimens sent from Davao Region to University of the Philippines – Philippine Genome Center for Whole Genome Sequencing included in batch 30.
DOH-Davao strongly recommended that you get vaccinated when it is your turn for protection against Covid-19.
