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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 24) – Mayor Franklin Odsey of Bontoc, Mountain Province, has revealed that he tested positive for COVID-19.
In a statement late Saturday night, Odsey revealed that he is in isolation after being informed on January 15 that he had contracted the virus.
Odsey said he is asymptomatic but is being monitored by doctors.
“I am writing this letter while I am isolated at home, since on January 15 I was informed that I had contracted the COVID-19 virus,” he said.
“Fortunately, I have no symptoms and my doctors are constantly monitoring me,” he added.
In the same statement, Odsey also commented on the “dramatic increase” in positive cases that led the city to impose a two-week lockdown until the end of January on Barangay Samoki, and a one-week lockdown on Barangays Bontoc Ili, Caluttit and Population in Bontoc Central until January 24. The four towns were also placed in a “critical zone” until the end of the month.
The Health Department said Saturday that it had observed a more than 200% increase in COVID-19 infections in Bontoc, after 12 of the 16 new cases of the most contagious variant B.1.17 detected in the country were registered. in the locality. Of the 12 cases, 11 were from a single Bontoc village.
READ: Bontoc, Mountain Province Sees 200% Increase in COVID-19 Cases
Odsey noted a possible extension of the blockage in the affected areas. The restrictions could even be expanded to the entire Mountain province, depending on the results of the contact tracing, he said.
“As president of the Mountain Province League of Mayors, we have coordinated with our fellow mayors here on the intensified and collaborative COVID response in all cities, including tighter border control,” he said.
The local government had coordinated with the national government to deploy additional contact tracers. It also identified at least three hotel establishments and two public schools as temporary treatment and monitoring facilities, Odsey added.
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