Covid-19 infects Pasay mayor

(File) Photo from Pasay City Public Information Office

MANILA, Philippines — Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano on Tuesday announced that she is under self-quarantine after she tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the new coronavirus disease.

“Nais ko lamang ipaalam na kahapon po ay nagpa PCR [polymerase chain reaction] test po ako dahil isa sa mga empleyado namin ay nag positive. Sa paglabas ng resulta, nakita  na ako ay nagpositibo sa COVID-19,” Rubiano said in a Facebook post.

(I would like to say that I underwent a swab test because one of my employees tested positive for novel coronavirus. After seeing the result, it was declared that I also tested positive for the virus.)

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Nevertheless, Rubiano vowed that the city government’s programs will still continue even as she is under mandatory quarantine.

“Tuloy-tuloy pa rin ang tapat na serbisyo ng ating lungsod, inatasan ko na ang lahat ng departamento na wag pabayaan ang ating mga kababayan.  Inutusan ko na rin ang ating mga opisyal at kawani sa city hall na ituloy pa rin ang programa ng gobyerno  kahit sa aking kalagayan,” the local chief executive said.

(Our service will continue, I asked all city government departments to continue helping our residents. I also asked city hall employees to pursue our programs despite my health condition.)

As of Monday, the city logged a total of 7,137 confirmed Covid-19 infections, including 80 active cases, 6,873 recoveries and 184 deaths.

JPV