{"id":276259,"date":"2020-11-22T01:48:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T06:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=276259"},"modified":"2025-03-07T22:18:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T03:18:38","slug":"tesda-chief-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/22\/tesda-chief-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"TESDA chief tests positive for Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_262897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262897\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/test-tube-5065424_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262897\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/test-tube-5065424_1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/test-tube-5065424_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/test-tube-5065424_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/test-tube-5065424_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/test-tube-5065424_1280-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lape\u00f1a said he went through a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test on Friday as a requirement for his supposed flight bound for Mindanao on Sunday, and the result was positive. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Secretary Isidro Lape\u00f1a tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), he announced in a statement on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Lape\u00f1a said he went through a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test on Friday as a requirement for his supposed flight bound for Mindanao on Sunday, and the result was positive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am fine and I am not experiencing any symptoms,&#8221; Lape\u00f1a said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lyrica online <a href=\"https:\/\/hillrisedental.com\/staff\/html\/lyrica.html\">https:\/\/hillrisedental.com\/staff\/html\/lyrica.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>According to his executive assistant, Lape\u00f1a&#8217;s supposed schedule in Mindanao is part of his regular field visits to the regional or provincial offices, and to check the barangay development projects by the Poverty Reduction, Livelihood, and Employment Cluster (PRLEC).<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy glycomet online <a href=\"https:\/\/hillrisedental.com\/staff\/html\/glycomet.html\">https:\/\/hillrisedental.com\/staff\/html\/glycomet.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>TESDA is the lead agency of PRLEC.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lape\u00f1a said he is currently in isolation, and that those who came in close contact with him were advised to go in isolation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy xenical online <a href=\"https:\/\/hillrisedental.com\/staff\/html\/xenical.html\">https:\/\/hillrisedental.com\/staff\/html\/xenical.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Secretary Isidro Lape\u00f1a tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), he &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":262897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ma-cristina-arayata","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276259"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287664,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276259\/revisions\/287664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}