Mindoro town mayor tests COVID-19-positive after 1st jab

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CITY OF CALAPAN — A mayor of a town in Oriental Mindoro tested positive for COVID-19 days after he got his first dose of a vaccine.

Naujan Mayor Mark Marcos, in a social media post Friday, said he first had an antigen test Tuesday, May 25, and when he tested positive for the virus, he underwent a Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test on the same day.

The result came out Thursday, May 27, confirming his infection.

“But only my office (at the municipal hall) is on lockdown,” he said in a phone interview Friday morning.

He decided to have a swab test even after he was vaccinated against COVID-19 on May 18 because of a persistent nose congestion. “Before vaccination, my body was in good condition,” he said.

He first thought it was a side effect of the vaccine, but his nose was still congested and his sense of smell weakened on Tuesday, prompting him to take the test.

As of Friday, Najuan has 55 active cases, including that of the mayor.

The town ranked second to Calapan City, which has 189 active infections as of the May 28 bulletin of the city.

Naujan has logged 216 cases since March last year, with six deaths.

Oriental Mindoro province has so far logged 3,375 COVID-19 cases, of which 515 are active. The province recorded 103 deaths. INQ

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