Aklan records 1st 2 Covid-19 survivors

THE Aklan Provincial Health Office (PHO) has registered the first two coronavirus disease (Covid-19) survivors in the province of Aklan.

Dr. Cornelio Cuachon, of PHO, said the survivors include a doctor from Boracay and a senior citizen from the hinterland town of Libacao.

Aklan has six confirmed cases of Covid-19 with no mortality. All of the patients have travel history from Metro Manila.

"The Libacao resident will be discharged tomorrow from the Dr. Rafael S. Tumbukon Memorial Hospital (DRSTMH). The Boracay doctor still needs to be quarantined for 14 days currently at the Aklan Training Center facility," Cuachon said.

"The Libacao patient will undergo 14 days quarantine at their home," he added.

Dr. Joanne Abril, head of the infectious diseases department of the DRSTMH, said doctors used "investigation drugs" to treat the Libacao patient, but added: "We could not yet consider if the investigation drug is effective. We need more results coming from the other patients.