ZAMBOANGA CITY: A local medical frontliner suspected of contracting the coronavirus disease 2019 or Covid-19 died in the hospital even before test results for the deadly respiratory disease could come out, officials announced on Tuesday.

Mayor Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said the patient was classified as patient under investigation (PUI).

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