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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 22) – Tuguegarao City Mayor Jefferson Soriano tested positive for COVID-19, the city information office announced on Friday.
Soriano is now undergoing isolation at the Tuguegarao City People s General Hospital after he was fetched from the city hall.
Soriano said in a local radio interview he took a swab test on Thursday, together with his driver and security.
The Tuguegarao City Health Office said Soriano is currently asymptomatic and tagged as patient CV6608.
Soriano recently placed the entire city under enhanced community quarantine for 10 days, from Jan. 20 to Jan. 29, due to a spike in COVID-19 infections in the area. As of Thursday, the city has a total of 247 active cases in 30 out of 49 barangays.
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