The House of Representatives has recorded 16 positive cases of COVID-19 since the start of the second regular session some two weeks ago.
Secretary General Jose Luis Montales said the two latest positive cases were employees assigned at the Office of the Speaker. Both are male.
“He’s now afebrile and has fully recovered his sense of smell. But he has mild cough. He is on home quarantine. Contact tracing is ongoing,” he added.“He last went to the [House] in March. He got tested after experiencing fever, body malaise, and decreased sense of smell.” COVID cases in the Lower Chamber have picked up since July 27, the day President Duterte delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address before a scaled-down Joint Session between House members and visiting senators at Batasang Pambansa Complex.
The swab test that revealed the positive result was actually conducted on Pimentel the previous day at Batasang Pambansa as part of the stringent screening set for SoNA attendees.
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