Zamboanga Sibugay province confirmed its first COVID-19 case on Wednesday. Zamboanga Sibugay Governor Wilter Palma first reported that the patient is a student from the town of Imelda, but his office later clarified that the province's first case was a worker from Cebu City. "For the past three months we have no [confirmed] COVID-19 cases. We remained cautious by tightening our border control and quarantining everyone entering our province and targeted testing [through] the rapid test, "Palma said in a statement. He said the provincial government, along with the Department of Health -Region 9 and municipal government will monitor the student and all who have been in contact with her. Palma appealed to his constituents for cooperation in preventing further spread of the disease, asking them to practice minimum health protocols such as wearing face masks and maintaining physical distance.



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