San Fernando City vice mayor tests positive for COVID-19

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San Fernando City vice mayor Jimmy Lazatin said he is already on self-quarantine. He appealed to everyone he had contact with since July 20 to make themselves available for necessary testing.

positive patient,” the city vice mayor said.Lazatin said he is already on self-quarantine. He appealed to everyone he had contact with since July 20 to make themselves available for necessary testing.City Health Officemandatory contact tracing and medical assessment,” he said.also said in a Facebook post that he was COVID-19 positive after taking an RT-PCR test a day earlier.

Maglangque said on July 25 that he already tested negative for COVID-19 in his second RT-PCR test. He said he will continue his home quarantine until another negative result would come out in the third swab test he plans to take on July 27. Netizens who reacted to the posts of Lazatin and Maglangque commended the 2 local officials for publicly disclosing their health status and helping facilitate the necessary. Health experts have said that contact tracing is one of the effective ways to break the chain of coronavirus infection.

As of July 27, the entire Pampanga has 250 PCR- confirmed cases, 148 of whom have recovered and 18 died. Of the confirmed cases in the province, San Fernando City has 42 confirmed cases and Candaba has 5 confirmed cases.

 

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No need... surely he followed social distancing yes .so everyone is safe then according to the government..

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