After-work parties, gatherings blamed for COVID-19 spike in Davao City

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Gatherings after work hours and celebrations of special occasions have contributed to the increase in COVID-19 infections in Davao City, which registered a 60-percent spike in two weeks.

“Data as of Oct. 15 showed a current 60.10-percent growth in Davao City’s COVID-19 cases in two weeks,” Rivera said in a virtual press conference last week. “This two-week growth was even higher than the 43.60-percent growth seen in the previous two weeks.”

In Cotabato province, Kidapawan Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo said a parish priest in Matalam town had tested positive for COVID-19, prompting at least 30 priests who had been in contact with him to isolate themselves starting Monday.Fund drive Bagaforo said three more priests who had direct and close contact with the COVID-19-positive priest would undergo testing on Tuesday.

 

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Matigas ulo ng mga taga Davao. Cant follow rules. Case in point...Duterte.

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