Rocco Nacino pleads to patients to disclose all relative information to health workers

As the number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 rises, more and more stars, including Rocco Nacino, support the Department of Health's appeal to patients to disclose their information to health workers like travel history, medical condition, and symptoms that can help fight the spread of the virus. This is after at least three doctors succumbed in the line of duty.

On Instagram, the actor and registered nurse pleaded, "Mga Kapuso, bawal magsinugaling. Sa panahon ngayon, kailangan nating magkaisa para labanan ang banta ng COVID-19 kaya hinihikayat ng Department of Health ang lahat ng mga pasyente na i-disclose ang lahat ng impormasyon sa mga health workers natin."

Rocco further reminded the patients to be honest with their travel history as people who went abroad must be closely monitored for possible COVID-19 symptoms. He stressed, "Huwag po natin ilihim ang mga aktibidad natin, lalo na kung may kaugnanayan sa mga pagbyahe at sa mga exposure natin sa COVID-19 kasi importante po ito para maiwasan mahawahan ng mga doctors natin, nurses, at iba pang frontline health workers.

"Kaya ang inyong tapat na sagot ay maaaring makapagligtas ng maraming buhay, hindi lamang ng ating health workers kundi sa mga pasyente na nangangailanan ng total health care para gumaling."

Aside from Rocco, his fellow Descendants of the Sun (The Philippine Adaptation) actors Dingdong Dantes and Jon Lucas also appealed to patients for transparency during the public health crisis.

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country climbed to 501, including at least six Philippine Heart Center doctors.