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(Eagle News) — Pasay Rep. Antonino Calixto has tested positive for COVID-19. According to Calixto, his mild case of COVID-19 was discovered after he sought medical attention on Monday due to a dry cough. He is in isolation. He said his close contacts, including his immediate family members, have undergone swab tests but tested negative for COVID-19. They will, however, stay at home for 14 days as advised by the doctors. “Those working in his […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Lito Lapid has tested positive for COVID-19. Lapid’s chief of staff Jericho Acedera said in a statement that the senator was currently undergoing treatment at the Medical City Clark in Mabalacat, Pampanga. Acedera said the doctors consider Lapid’s case as “mild to moderate.” He said all those who came in close contact with him already took the necessary tests and have been instructed to comply with existing COVID-19 protocols. According to Acedera, only […]
(Eagle News) — Former Deputy Speaker Raneo Abu has tested positive for COVID-19. In a Facebook post, Abu–who is asymptomatic–said this was based on the results of the RT-PCR test he took on March 25, the last day before the recess. He said on the same day, he went to an isolation facility. He said his daughter tested negative for the virus. “Hinihimok ko ang lahat ng aking mga nakasalamuha ng mga nagdaang araw na […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, July 27, said he tested positive for COVID-19 anew. Zubiri said the results were based on a swab test he took ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address. The Palace had said all attendees at the Batasang Pambansa will have to undergo COVID-19 tests and test negative for them. Zubiri was supposed to be among the attendees at the Batasang Pambansa but […]
(Eagle News)–Nine Bureau of Immigration officers initially suspected of being infected with the COVID-19 virus turned out negative for the same. In a statement, the bureau said the officers, who were assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, yielded the results in confirmatory RT-PCR swab tests conducted after they tested positive in the rapid antibody tests conducted for bureau NAIA personnel at the airport’s Terminal 3 last June 5. “We are elated upon learning that, […]
