Contact tracing czar and Baguio City Mayor Benjie Magalong announced that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Magalong said that contact tracing efforts are now underway for his close contacts.
“It is with a sad note that I would like to inform everyone that as of my RT-PCR test conducted yesterday morning (April 2, 2021), to which my results came out at 4:30 p.m. of the same day, I was tested positive of the Covid-19 virus,” Magalong said in a statement.
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The seriousness of this pandemic is something that we should not take for granted. It is a difficult situation and I don’t want anyone of you to be in this condition as it is emotionally, psychologically and financially difficult for our loved ones to bear,” he added.
Magalong is the second among government czars who tested positive for the virus.
Isolation czar and Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar was the first one to be infected last year.
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“Contact tracing efforts are underway for those whom I have come into close contact with. I also strongly advise everybody to observe the minimum health standards.” Magalong added.
The Baguio mayor said that he will continue to do his functions in Baguio.
“However, despite the predicament I am in, please be rest assured that we are still monitoring closely the City’s situation and coordinating to the proper authorities the necessary things to be done,” he added. (TDT)
