Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri had tested positive again for COVID-19.
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday had tested positive again for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shortly before the 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte.
This, as he said that three rapid tests had detected anti-bodies inside his body, and a swab test confirmed that he’s positive for COVID-19 again.
In a text message obtained by ABS-CBN News, Zubiri told reporters that it’s possible that the COVID-19 test detected “remnants of the dead virus cells” inside his body as he was a COVID-19 survivor according to his doctors.
He also said that he decided to refrain from any other appointments, adding that he wanted to head back to his isolation room for self-quarantine. In addition, he said that he felt “absolutely fine” as he didn’t feel any symptoms, yet it was better to be safe and to keep the public safe from COVID-19.
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Prior to this, Zubiri physically attended the opening of the second regular session of the 18th Congress in the Senate wherein he interacted with 16 other senators.
Zubiri was later seen participating in the 5th State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte through videoconferencing. He then said that he would continue to work virtually until he got his “consecutive negative results” after quarantine.
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