ILOILO City – Three more personnel of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Region 6 tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bring to 10 the regional agency’s virus cases.
NIA-6 is in Barangay Tacas, Jaro district here. One of the three new cases was assigned in its regional office.
The other two were based in Antique and Iloilo provinces.
The test results of the three new cases were released on Wednesday afternoon by the Department of Health, said Steve Cordero, NIA-6 public information officer.
They were all asymptomatic and being quarantined.
Cordero said the three new cases had a meeting two weeks ago with one of the five earlier COVID cases in NIA-6.
“So far, amo na ang link nga nakita namon,” said Cordero.
The NIA-6 office has been on lockdown since Aug. 5 for disinfection after its first two COVID-19 cases were confirmed. It then subjected its some 50 “skeletal” personnel for COVID testing.
Test results were being released gradually.
“Maayo nga tikang nga ginpa-swab ang aton empleyado. Kon wala nagpa-swab, wala kami kabalo nga may positive sa sulod kay puro tanan asymptomatic,” said Cordero./PN
