Lawyer Julius Caesar Entise, head of the Mandaue City Contact Tracing team said the patient is asymptomatic and under isolation. | CDN Digital photo Mary Rose Sagarino
She was tested using the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction last February 16 and it was negative. However, when the OFW had another test for her return trip to UAE last March 3, the result, which came out on March 4, had a positive result. The patient’s nine family members will be tested using the RT-PCR test on March 9 to determine whether they are also infected by the virus.“This time around the OFW claimed that she just stayed in their house together with her family because of the relatively short period of vacation that she was given, she attended no gatherings, that’s why are very interested in this,” said Entise.