An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who returned from Saudi Arabia tested positive for Delta variant of COVID-19 in Bulacan province taking the number of those infected by the highly contagious virus variant to two here.
The OFW from Santa Maria town was asymptomatic and was placed on strict home quarantine, said Gov Daniel Fernando.
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COVID-19 provincial task force vice chair, Dr. Hjordis Marushka Celis, said the patient has completed the first quarantine period in Metro Manila and was undergoing second isolation.
After having arrived in the country on June 29 the patient tested positive for COVID-19 on July 5 and another test on July 26 confirmed Delta variant infection.
Due to fresh cases, Bulacan will remain under a general community quarantine and heightened restrictions from August 1-15. (AW)
