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AFP chief Lt. Gen. Faustino tests positive for COVID-19
AFP chief Lt. Gen. Faustino tests positive for COVID-19
ABS-CBN News
Published Aug 23, 2021 07:07 PM PHT
Philippine military chief Lt. Gen. Jose C. Faustino, Jr. Photo from Armed Forces of the Philippines Facebook page.
MANILA - Armed Forces (AFP) chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino, Jr. tested positive for COVID-19, he confirmed on Monday.
Faustino, in a statement, said he received his RT-PCR result Monday.
"Fortunately, I am fully vaccinated and in high spirits to continue performing my job, albeit in quarantine," Faustino bared.
The military chief said he will remain in command while in isolation.
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"In fact, I intend to join virtually the Western Mindanao Command change of command ceremony tomorrow," he said.
Faustino called on the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19 "whenever and wherever they can."
The Philippines earlier listed logged 18,332 new COVID-19 patients, its highest number of fresh cases in a single day since the coronavirus was first detected in the country in January last year.
The country has registered a total of 1,857,646 infections, based on data from the Department of Health (DOH).
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