KIDAPAWAN CITY — A town vice mayor is the latest among local officials in Cotabato province to contract the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Vice Mayor Cheryl Valdevieso-Catamco of Matalam town is now isolated at a hospital in Davao City after testing positive for the deadly virus.
According to Emilia Dandoy, municipal local government operations officer, the town’s first councilor, Ralph Ryan Rafael, has taken over as acting vice mayor in Catamco’s absence.
Catamco was the second elected official of Matalam who tested positive for COVID-19. In late May, Councilor April Babol contracted the virus and has overcome the disease and is now back to her legislative work.
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