{"id":251696,"date":"2020-04-09T20:37:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T00:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=251696"},"modified":"2020-04-09T20:37:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T00:37:29","slug":"education-chief-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/09\/education-chief-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Education chief tests positive for Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Briones was first tested on March 13, after being exposed to a person with Covid-19 during a Senate hearing. (File photo<\/a>: DepEd Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Thursday said she is positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) after being tested for the disease the second time.<\/p>\n

“As a government official and Cabinet member, and as a Filipino, it is my duty to announce that yesterday late afternoon, April 8, 2020, I was informed by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine that I am positive for SARS-COV-2, the causative agent of Covid-19,” Briones said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Briones was first tested on March 13, after being exposed to a person with Covid-19 during a Senate hearing.<\/p>\n

“Similar with other Cabinet members, I was tested to ensure that there was no threat to my functioning as Education Secretary, and to protect my fellow Cabinet members and the president. I received the result on March 16; it was negative,” she said.<\/p>\n

On April 2, Briones had undergone another test after another Cabinet member, who attended a critical Cabinet meeting with her on March 23, said he was tested and declared positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n

“I remain asymptomatic. My body temperature, which is taken three times a day, remains normal. I am going on isolation. However, like my fellow Cabinet member, I will continue working virtually – attend IATF meetings, preside over Department of Education Execom and Mancom, and make all decisions necessary to keep DepEd in full operation,” Briones said.<\/p>\n

She also urged everyone who had a physical contact with her to go on precautionary home quarantine.<\/p>\n

The DepEd has coordinated with the Department of Health for the contact tracing and other necessary interventions following its protocols.<\/p>\n

“It is my hope and fervent prayer that we will recover as a nation and that our spirit of bayanihan will pull us through. With God’s grace, we will heal as one,” Briones said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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