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Published February 5, 2021, 11:30 AM
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – The Legazpi City Hospital (LCH) here was placed under lockdown on Thursday after one of its employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the City Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) said.
Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal (Photo via PNA / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN)
Mayor Noel Rosal, city IATF-EID chairman, in an interview, said the temporary lockdown of the hospital in Barangay Bitano, would maximize the Covid-19 risk management measure.
The lockdown, he added, would give sufficient time for the proper discharge of patients including the disinfection of the entire building and its premises.