{"id":278076,"date":"2020-12-09T01:39:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T06:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=278076"},"modified":"2020-12-09T01:39:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T06:39:14","slug":"dti-chief-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/09\/dti-chief-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"DTI chief tests positive for Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_177630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177630\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177630\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LIM5-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lopez said he received his Covid-19 test result Monday, adding he was positive for coronavirus. (File: YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez bared Wednesday he tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I had myself swabbed Sunday after exposure last Tuesday from a person who tested positive,\u201d Lopez told trade reporters in a Viber message.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Lopez said he received his Covid-19 test result Monday, adding he was positive for coronavirus.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The trade chief said he is asymptomatic and is already in full isolation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">While in quarantine, Lopez virtually participated in the Committee on Trade and Industry of the House of Representatives meeting and the Economic Development Cluster Briefing of the Presidential Communications Operations Office Global Media Affairs Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He will also give his keynote speech at the Manufacturing Summit 2020.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez bared Wednesday he tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":177630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278076","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278098,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278076\/revisions\/278098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}