KORONADAL CITY—Koronadal City Mayor Eliordo Ogena has admitted to contracting COVID-19 and is now isolated in an undisclosed hospital.
“It is with sadness that I announce to you that I am positive for COVID-19,” Ogena said Saturday afternoon, April 10, on the city government’s Facebook page.
“But don’t you worry, I am in a stable condition. I need to follow protocols for the safety of my family and co-workers in government that I was always in close contact with,” he added.
Ogena further said that those he had close contact with have been swabbed and are awaiting results of the tests.
But he advised others who had come in close contact with him in the past sev…
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