A lawmaker from Sorsogon and two employees are the latest to have contracted the COVID-19 in the House of Representatives, Secretary-General Luis Jose Luis Montales said. | GabrielLaluINQ
“We received word that Congw. Ditas Ramos has tested positive for COVID-19. She developed symptoms and got tested in the province,” Montales said in a statement.
According to Montales, the first of the two new infected employees last reported for work on September 1, and contracted the disease while tending to her son who also had COVID-19. The other employee last went to the House of Representatives on August 10.At present, there are over 237,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country. The Philippines has one of the highest numbers of infections in Asia. Of these cases, the health department says 184,687 are recoveries while 3,875 are deaths.
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