By Jhon Aldrin Casinas Six persons under investigation (PUIs) for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Bacolod City have tested negative, the city government said. Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran
(Credit: El Cid Familiaran Public Servant / Mark Chavez via Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, chairman of the Bacolod City Inter-Agency Task Force Against the Novel Coronavirus, said that there were a total of nine PUIs who have been admitted at hospitals in the city. In a meeting of the task force on Monday, he said that three PUIs who tested negative from the virus have already been discharged, according to the Bacolod Public Information Office. Three more PUIs who also tested negative were also set to be discharged. He also said that two PUIs are still admitted at hospitals in the city while awaiting for their swab results from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicines. However, Familiaran disclosed that a new patient suspected of contracting the virus was admitted on Monday. “Of the six patients currently admitted, four are from Bacolod, and two are from outside Bacolod,” Familiaran said, according to City Public Information Office social media post. According to the vice mayor, the patients have a travel history to Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Zhuhai in China. “All patients are in stable condition,” he said. Familiaran assured that all seven hospitals in Bacolod City are prepared to cater to patients required to be placed in isolation.