LUCENA CITY—A policeman assigned to General Luna town in Quezon province tested positive for SARS Cov2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and showed symptoms of the disease, according to General Luna Mayor Matt Erwin Florido on Monday (Feb. 15).
Florido announced on his Facebook on Monday morning that a policeman, resident of a village in the town, had himself tested last Feb. 12.
“He had a fever and lost his sense of taste,” Florido said in an online interview.
The 44-year-old policeman was found positive for coronavirus and was listed as the latest COVID-19 patient in the town.
He was immediately brought to an isolation and monitoring facility in Gumaca town.
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