{"id":255378,"date":"2020-05-19T21:04:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T01:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=255378"},"modified":"2020-05-19T21:04:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T01:04:54","slug":"prrd-wasnt-exposed-to-covid-19-infected-security-aide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/19\/prrd-wasnt-exposed-to-covid-19-infected-security-aide\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD wasn\u2019t exposed to Covid-19 infected security aide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds a meeting with some members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on April 13, 2020. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte had no exposure to a member of the Presidential Security Group (PSG), who tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) but have since recovered.<\/p>\n

PSG chief Col. Jesus Durante made this assurance, noting that his troops strictly follow protocols in accordance with the guidelines set by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and the Department of Health (DOH) to prevent the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cA PSG personnel tested positive for Covid-19 but has long recovered. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has no exposure with him at all since he is not detailed as close-in security,\u201d Durante said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He said PSG troopers and their dependents undergo Covid-19 rapid testing every two weeks to detect the virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is to ensure that PSG troopers do not become a threat to the President themselves and guarantee that his safety is not compromised in any way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

So far, Durante said there were 160 PSG personnel who tested positive after undergoing rapid antibody tests since March.<\/p>\n

They automatically underwent quarantine for two weeks away from the President’s Malaca\u00f1ang residence and the more accurate real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests.<\/p>\n

From the RT-PCR tests, Durante said only one PSG personnel was confirmed positive but has long recovered and was never detailed as close-in security of the President.<\/p>\n

He assured that the PSG Compound and Malaca\u00f1ang complex remains to be safe and secured for the President and the first family.<\/p>\n

Earlier, PSG personnel underwent self-quarantine from March 28 to April 10 after ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric Yap, who tested positive Covid-19, attended a March 21 meeting at Malaca\u00f1an Palace despite showing symptoms of the disease.<\/p>\n

The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), which processed Yap\u2019s test results, eventually announced this was a clerical error and he was actually negative for the virus.<\/p>\n

Duterte, who underwent tests at Bahay Pagbabago in Malaca\u00f1an, tested negative for the virus last March.<\/p>\n

Tests were performed also on the President\u2019s partner Cielito \u201cHoneylet\u201d Avance\u00f1a and his three children, Veronica, Sebastian, and Paolo Duterte in their hometown in Davao City.<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1an Palace, particularly areas frequented by Duterte, is regularly being disinfected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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