PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has tested positive for COVID-19, Malacañang said on Friday. Marcos tested positive for the viral disease through an antigen test, said Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles in a press briefing.
Marcos “has a slight fever, but he is otherwise okay,” Angeles said.
The President’s eldest son Ilocos Norte First District Rep. Sandro Marcos tested negative for the virus, while First Lady Liza Marcos and their 2 other sons were not close contacts of the chief executive as they were out of town, she said.
Marcos Jr. will be allowed to go back to face-to-face meetings after a 7-day quarantine and after his symptoms subside, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said.
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