Quezon City has reported its first case of the more virulent Delta COVID-19 variant from a returning overseas Filipino worker (OFW).
In a statement, the Quezon City LGU said that the OFW from Saudi Arabia has already recovered from the disease.
The LGU said that the 34-year-old patient arrived in the Philippines last June 24 and stayed in a Makati hotel for 10 days.
He later on moved to a hotel in Manila from July 4-11 to finish his quarantine.
The OFW first experienced an itchy throat on June 28 and underwent swab testing on June 30. He was tagged as recovered and allowed to go home on July 11.
The OFW’s family and close contacts are now under strict quarantine after the LGU received the results of genome sequencing.
“He will undergo another swab test, along with his family, as part of our protocol even if he is considered a recovered patient,” CESU head Dr. Rolly Cruz said in a statement.
“We are doing extensive contact tracing on his close contacts just to make sure,” Cruz added.
