Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto is now undergoing a 14-day mandatory quarantine after he was exposed to a COVID-19 positive person.
Sotto said that he was exposed to his driver, who contracted the disease and eventually died because of it.
Sotto added that his last exposure to his driver was on March 10 before he was brought to the hospital. The local chief executive and some of his staff got tested Sunday, and are still waiting for their test results.
“Nung nakaraang Biyernes, nawalan tayo ng isang matalik na kaibigan dahil sa COVID-19. Siya ‘yung driver ko kaya talagang close contact ako bagamat sumusunod kami sa health protocols,” Sotto said on his Facebook account.
The Pasig mayor said that he is not experiencing any symptoms and will still strictly comply with the quarantine protocols.
He will work remotely by the end of the month.
“We will follow the health protocols of the City Epidemiological Surveillance Unit and the Department of Health,” Sotto said.
Sotto also urged the public to have an enhanced community quarantine mindset amid the rising COVID-19 cases.
“Mag-voluntary ECQ tayo hangga’t kaya. Pero hindi na natin kayang bumalik sa ECQ talaga. Kawawa ang mga tao, hindi nga magkaka-COVID, mamamatay naman sa gutom. ‘Yung mga nananawagan sa ECQ, sila yung mga nakakain ng tatlong beses sa isang araw kahit di magtrabaho,” he added. (TDT)
