THE PHILIPPINES Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who is also the National
Task Force Covid-19
vice chairman, has been tested positive with the deadly coronavirus respiratory
disease, reports said late Tuesday.
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| Secretary Eduardo Año |
Año is now under quarantine after test results confirmed his
infection. No other details were immediately made available by the government
on Año’s infection, or
how and where he contracted the disease.
Last week, Philippines
military chief, General
Filemon Santos, was also tested positive for the virus, according to Defense
Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who has gone on self-quarantine too after having
direct contact with Santos, although he has no symptoms of the Covid-19.
Military doctors continue to monitor Santos’ condition while under
quarantine in his quarters where he disposes his duties and being assisted by
his Vice Chief of Staff, Vice Admiral Gaudencio Collado, Jr. and Deputy Chief
of Staff, Lieutenant General Erickson Gloria.
Those who also have contacts with the infected were also told to go on
self-quarantine for 2 weeks.
Many lawmakers are also under self-quarantine after some of them tested
positive for the virus. The Philippines now has over 2,000 Covid-19 cases with at
least 8 dozen reported deaths, including doctors, and the number of infected
people continue to increase with no signs of the virus contamination slowing
down.
President Duterte - who was tested negative for the Covid-19 - has
imposed a lockdown on the entire Luzon Island with Visayas and Mindanao also
under enhanced community quarantine as local governments struggle to control
the spread of the respiratory disease and ensure the ample supply of provision
is unhampered by strict health protocol.
The Covid-19, now a global pandemic, broke out in the Chinese city
of Wuhan in December last year, and quickly spread to over 100 countries with
China recording over 81,000 infections and more than 3,300 deaths. (Mindanao
Examiner)
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