Marcos gets COVID anew, has ‘slight fever but otherwise OK’
President Marcos tested positive for COVID-19 eight days after being sworn in, Malacaang announced on Friday.
This was his second bout with the coronavirus. He tested positive for the pandemic in March 2020, following a trip to Spain. Marcos mentioned it briefly in his inaugural speech on June 30.
"The President tested positive for COVID-19 in an antigen test." "He has a slight fever, but he is otherwise fine," Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said at a press conference at the Palace on Friday afternoon.
The President would be quarantined for a week, according to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, who joined the briefing. Neither she nor Angeles could reveal where Mr. Marcos would be isolated.
"If his symptoms have already resolved, he may be able to return to work and resume his face-to-face activities," Vergeire said.
She claims that an antigen test performed on a symptomatic individual is reliable.
Marcos has yet to name his health secretary, but Vergeire mentioned a memorandum on financial assistance to cancer patients that is "already for signing of the incoming secretary of health" on Thursday.
According to Angeles, the President's eldest son, Sandro, tested negative.
Last Wednesday, the first-term congressman joined his father in Malacaang for a meeting with Department of Health officials (DOH).
Angeles stated that Sandro's brothers, Simon and Vincent, as well as his mother, first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, were "out of town."
When asked where they had gone, the press secretary replied via text message, "Can't say that... for security reasons."
Angeles stated that she, Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez, and other officials "constantly in contact with" the President have tested negative for COVID-19, and that government appointees who went to the Palace for their oath-taking on Wednesday have been asked to "observe their symptoms as per the protocol."
Marcos' timetable
On his first day in office, June 30, Marcos met with diplomats, several other officials, and members of his Cabinet, whom he swore in. He hosted an inaugural dinner that evening.
The President attended Mass at the San Miguel church within the Malacaang complex the following day, accompanied by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte and other Cabinet officials. Then he flew to Clark, Pampanga, to attend the Philippine Air Force's 75th anniversary celebration.
Another party was held at the Palace on July 2, the President's mother, former First Lady Imelda Marcos' birthday.
On Sunday, the Palace did not release a schedule of Mr. Marcos' activities.
He led his first flag-raising ceremony in Malacaang on Monday, then went to the Department of Agriculture's main office in Quezon City for a meeting with officials.
On Tuesday, he held his first Cabinet meeting and held his first press conference as President.
On Wednesday, he met with DOH officials and received a courtesy call from visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the afternoon.
On Thursday, the President met with Department of Energy officials and agricultural stakeholders, and he also presided over the inauguration of former Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana as chair of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority and other officials.
Slow booster immunization
Angeles stated that Marcos was unable to attend the US Embassy's Independence Day celebrations yesterday. He did, however, attend an online meeting of the League of Governors and Mayors, which was also held in person.
"The President encourages the public to get their vaccine series and boosters," she added.
Earlier, Vergeire acknowledged the country's slow rollout of booster shots, noting that Metro Manila still had the highest booster coverage at 43 percent.
"The remaining regions have very low booster uptake." That is why, at the online Laging Handa briefing on Friday morning, she stated, "We want to closely monitor these regions that are lagging behind so that we can increase the level of vaccination in their area."
Booster vaccination, she claims, has "plateaued" since March, averaging only around 200,000 shots per day.
"If we continue at this rate per day, we will not be able to meet our targets within the timeframes we have set," Vergeire said.
The National Vaccination Operations Center, which she now leads, is applying the government's booster target of 70 percent of the 110-million total population set by the previous administration for primary doses to the government's booster target.
According to Vergeire, approximately 40 million Filipinos who are eligible for a first booster shot have yet to receive this immunization.
Among the strategies to increase booster vaccination rates are the resumption of national vaccination days, as well as "outreach and setting-based campaigns," according to Vergeire. —WITH KATHLEEN DE VILLA'S REPORT
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