Malacañang: “Okay naman si Pangulo.”
MALACAÑANG — The Palace said on Friday that President Rodrigo Duterte has completed his quarantine and he’s healthy for his age.
Cabinet Secretary and acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said that the President was healthy for his age.
Nograles made the statement a day after he announced that President Duterte went into quarantine after exposure to a COVID-positive case and had a regular checkup afterward based on his doctor’s orders.
“Okay naman si Pangulo,” Nograles said during the Presidential press briefing. “He is as healthy as any healthy individual at his age could be.“
The acting Palace spokesman gave the following details about the President’s COVID scare along with a clarification that no quarantine protocols were violated.
Nograles said that President Duterte was deemed okay after his routine medical check-up, adding that the President has completed his quarantine.
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In the Presidential press briefing, the acting Palace spokesman revealed for the first time that the President’s true last exposure to a COVID-positive household staff member took place last January 28, afterwhich President Duterte presumably started his quarantine.
“Bagama’t mayroon member of the household staff na nag-positive din for COVID noong Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, upon assessment ng physician, hindi ito maituturing na exposure kay Pangulo kasi, per se, hindi siya close contact as per the circumstances,” Nograles explained.
Nograles also noted that there were at least 2 individuals in the Duterte household who tested positive for COVID-19.
Earlier, the Palace said that the President had tested “negative” twice for COVID-19 since his exposure.
When asked about the President’s whereabouts, the acting Palace spokesman said that President Duterte was in Malacañang and had been working continuously.
Last month, the President bared that he received the Sinopharm vaccine as his booster shot against COVID-19.
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