Health authorities detected 26 more coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections at the Iloilo Fishing Port Complex in Barangay Tanza here. This prompted Mayor Jerry Treñas to extend the facility’s 72-hour lockdown for three more days beginning today to avert massive spread of the virus. The latest cases, according to Treñas, were part of the 150 close contacts that the City Health Office tracked down after having exposure to the first three infected workers at the complex, one of whom died recently.

Tayona, G. (2020, August 6). Fish port lockdown extended: COVID hits 26 more persons. Panay News, pp. 1, 14.