The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, 76, was quarantined as he came in contact with a confirmed case of the new coronavirus in his staff, his spokesman announced today.
Mr Duterte was tested with a negative result, yet he “follows the protocol” for the protection of public health, which stipulates that he must be quarantined, said Carlo Nograles.
The president is teleworking and is “in constant contact with members of the government to deal with urgent issues,” he added.
Mr Duterte had contact with a case on January 30 and was tested for SARS-CoV-2 with negative results on Monday and Tuesday, the spokesman said.
According to the protocols in force in the Philippines, anyone who comes in contact with a confirmed case must be quarantined for five days if they have been vaccinated and have no symptoms of COVID-19.
The president, whose six-year term will end in June, received two doses of the Chinese pharmaceutical industry Sinopharm vaccine last year and a booster dose in January.
As of yesterday, the new coronavirus pandemic in the archipelago of some 110 million people had reached 54,097 dead out of a total of 3.57 million infections, according to the health ministry.
Cases, however, began to decline (7,661 in 24 hours) after the January outbreak due to increased social contact due to the holidays and the spread of the more contagious Omicron variant.
More than 53% of the population of the Philippines had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by yesterday, according to Health Ministry figures.
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