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MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives recorded two more confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among its employees, bringing the total number of active cases to 15.
House Secretary General José Luis Montales told reporters on Friday that the new infections bring the total number of COVID-19 cases in the Lower House to 85, including those that have already recovered.
“Most of our confirmed cases were infected outside of HRep,” he said.
According to Montales, one of the new patients is an Administrative Department employee who last reported for work on September 1.
The other patient is from the Accounting Service Payroll Group who last reported for work on September 21 and was tested after experiencing bodily discomfort, fever, sore throat, and loss of taste and smell.
“Contact tracing is ongoing,” Montales said.
JPV
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