Six more Moises Padilla workers contract COVID-19

By Dolly Yasa

 

BACOLOD City – Six more employees of the municipal government of Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental contracted the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) bringing the total cases in the town to eight.

A press statement from the municipal government said Moises Padilla now has 8 confirmed cases after the swab test results of all employees was released on Dec 12.

Out of the 94 government employees who underwent the mandatory swab testing last week, 6 were positive for the virus and are currently in isolation.

Earlier, Mayor Ella Celestina D. Garcia-Yulo, ordered local government employees to undergo swab testing after two employees tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.

According to the Provincial Government’s website, Moises Padilla already has 26 confirmed cases as of Dec 6, but all are Locally Stranded Individuals.

Meanwhile, the local government is already back in operation as employees that yielded negative results have returned to work in their respective offices with minimum public health standards in place.