{"id":259777,"date":"2020-06-30T01:25:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T05:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=259777"},"modified":"2020-06-30T01:25:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T05:25:37","slug":"quiapo-church-locked-down-after-priest-tests-positive-for-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/30\/quiapo-church-locked-down-after-priest-tests-positive-for-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiapo Church locked down after priest tests positive for virus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Some motorists stop outside the Quiapo Church along Quezon Boulevard in Manila City to offer prayers to the Black Nazarene on Good Friday (April 10, 2020). (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, popularly known as Quiapo Church, has been placed under lockdown after a priest from Mindanao was tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n

As precautionary measure, Rev. Fr. Douglas Badong, parochial vicar of St. John the Baptist Parish, said they decided to stop allowing devotees inside the church on June 19, the day the priest, who was not identified, had tested positive for the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo to be safe and to prevent, we stopped allowing people inside. We don\u2019t know where he got it or the virus might is still be there. So to ensure the public is safe, we decided to close the church,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n

He said the priest from the southern part of the country was stranded in Manila and stayed at the Minor Basilica after the government implemented the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon last March.<\/p>\n

Badong added that the priest left for Mindanao on June 13 and they learned he tested positive after six days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he reached his destination. He was tested positive both rapid and swab tests. We found out on June 19,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added the Quiapo Church is being disinfected and all the staff are under quarantine.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stopped the operations although the online mass will continue,\u201d he said. \u201cWe continue to monitor ourselves and so far we don\u2019t have symptoms. Last Wednesday we undergone rapid testing and all of us have tested negative.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the lockdown will end on July 4.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday, Badong said they learned the priest from Mindanao is now coronavirus free.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found out yesterday (Sunday) that he is already Covid free. He recovered fast based on his text message,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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