{"id":261906,"date":"2020-07-16T05:19:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T09:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=261906"},"modified":"2020-07-16T05:19:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T09:19:38","slug":"afp-chief-decides-to-go-on-self-quarantine-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/16\/afp-chief-decides-to-go-on-self-quarantine-again\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP chief decides to go on self-quarantine again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Santos said he got his results Tuesday night. (File: PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Felimon Santos Jr. on Thursday said he also tested negative for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n

“Yes. Negative\u00a0din ako<\/em>\u00a0(I am also negative)\u00a0Beterano na ako dito<\/em>\u00a0(I’m a veteran at this),” Santos said, when asked by reporters about his Covid-19 test results.<\/p>\n

Santos said he got his results Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

However, he will remain under quarantine “to be on the safe side”.<\/p>\n

Last March, Santos was quarantined for the first time after he was found positive for the disease.<\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Santos and other military officials were forced to put themselves into self-quarantine and undergo a swab test after having contact with the defense chief’s aide, Col. Rolly Nerona, during the commissioning of missile-frigate BRP Jose Rizal on July 10 in Subic Bay, Zambales and the July 13 visit of President Rodrigo Duterte in Jolo, Sulu.<\/p>\n

Nerona was found positive for the disease shortly after landing in Jolo Monday and this was based on the July 10 swab test he took.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Lorenzana confirmed that he tested negative for Covid-19, a day after he started his self-quarantine.<\/p>\n

This is the second time the DND chief was found negative for the disease, with the first being in March.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Philippine Navy chief Vice Adm. Giovanni Carlo Bacordo, one of the ranking officials exposed during the July 10 commissioning of BRP Jose Rizal, said he expects to get his Covid-19 swab test results on Friday.<\/p>\n

He added that as of now, he is showing no symptoms of the disease while on self-quarantine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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