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Lopez tests positive for COVID-19, 4th Cabinet member to get infected
Lopez tests positive for COVID-19, 4th Cabinet member to get infected
Jamaine Punzalan,
ABS-CBN News
Published Dec 09, 2020 12:55 PM PHT
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Updated Dec 09, 2020 03:24 PM PHT
Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez gestures as he answers questions on ANC's morning program Headstart. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File
MANILA (2nd UPDATE) — Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said Wednesday he has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the fourth member of President Rodrigo Duterte's Cabinet to contract the virus.
Lopez said he tested positive on Monday. He said he took a test after being exposed to a person with COVID-19 last week.
The official has not developed symptoms and is in full isolation, he told ABS-CBN News.
Duterte had no recent interaction with Lopez, he said in an online briefing.
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Lopez attended a meeting with Duterte last Nov. 20 or 19 days ago, his spokesman Harry Roque said in a statement.
Public Works Secretary Mark Villar, Education Secretary Leonor Briones and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año earlier contracted COVID-19 and recovered.
The Philippines has confirmed 422,785 coronavirus infections as of Tuesday.
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