“They tried to sweep it under the rug. At the end of the day, justice must always prevail and they let Koko Pimentel get away with a crime,” Quicho said during an interview over CNN Philippines Friday. “So this is the ‘Department of Injustice,’” he added.
In his complaint, Quicho accused Pimentel of violating Republic Act 11332 or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of the Public Health Concern for visiting the Makati Medical Center last March 24 even though the senator was suspected of having COVID-19. Assuming Pimentel was mandated to report his medical condition under RA 11332, Delgado said, “there was nothing to report then when he went to S&R BGC on 16 March 2020 or at MMC hospital on 24 March 2020 for Sen. Koko Pimentel only knew or learned about his condition of being positive for COVID-19 on the same day – 24 March 2020, while he was already at the premises of the hospital.”
Since Pimentel underwent COVID-19 testing on March 20, 2020, Quicho reminded that “the Department of Health issued a circular stating that if a person under investigation or under monitoring would undergo testing they need to follow strict quarantine procedures.”
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