Capiceño OFW recovers from COVID-19

By Felipe V Celino 

ROXAS CITY, Capiz – The first Capiceño Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who was infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now fully recovered.

According to the Department of Health (DOH) in Region 6, the 48-year-old OFW from Brgy. Switch in Tapaz, Capiz was allowed to go home after several days of confinement at Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital (RMPH) here.

The second Capiceño seafarer who was also infected is from Brgy. Carataya Cuartero, Capiz. He is under hospital quarantine

The Tapaz seafarer was one of the repatriates who travelled to Osaka, Japan and arrived at Mactan-Cebu International Airport on March 18, 2020.

On June 4, 2020, the OFW availed of the local repatriation program of the provincial government of Capiz. He boarded MV Filipinas Ozamis of Cokaliong Shipping Lines Inc. from Cebu and arrived in Iloilo City on June 5.

On the same day, he was received in the municipality of Tapaz and was referred to the local Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facility (TTMF).

On June 8, his specimen was collected and sent to Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Iloilo City for RT-PCR testing.

On June 14, 2020, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) received the official laboratory test results from the WVMC Department of Pathology Sub National Laboratory which turned out positive for SARS-COV-2, which causes COVID-19.

Since his arrival, he remains asymptomatic, however, as part of the comprehensive guidelines, he was admitted to Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital (RMPH).