A US returnee woman broke the COVID-19 protocol to party in Phillipines and later tested positive.
According to authorities the woman who broke quarantine to party in Makati’s hip Poblacion district, four days before testing positive for COVID-19, has been identified as Gwyneth Anne Chua.
The Tourism authorities in its letter to Berjaya Hotel asked its management to explain the incident.
As reports of the quarantine breach reached social media, “Poblacion” and “Gwyneth Chua” trended on Twitter Philippines last Thursday.
As per reports Chua returned to the Philippines from the U.S. and checked into Berjaya Hotel on Dec. 22 and the following day she was seen partying at a bar in Poblacion, Makati.
Four days after she checked in, Chua tested positive for COVID-19 and two days later, the Berjaya Hotel management said Chua was removed from the hotel.
According to Tourism Sec. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat all those who were with Chua in the party also tested positive for COVID-19.
Chua had been moved to a different hotel for further isolation with increased security.
