BY MERLINA HERNANDO-MALIPOT
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) confirmed on Wednesday that VP Leni Robredo as well as her staff members who were exposed last week to COVID-19-infected person tested negative for the disease.
Prior to the confirmation of the OVP on Robredo’s test result, the VP posted on her personal Facebook page that her entire staff also tested negative for COVID-19 and that the scheduled activities will push through starting today.
“All of the OVP staff who were exposed last week tested negative. Thank God! All the activities today and the succeeding days will proceed as scheduled,” Robredo said.
Robredo also thanked all the concerned individuals for their well wishes and prayers saying these “are very much appreciated.”
In her radio program on Sunday, Oct. 24, Robredo revealed that she and some of her staff were quarantined after being exposed to a person who tested positive for COVID-19.
Last week, Robredo and her staff underwent quarantine after learning that they were exposed to a COVID-19 patient on Oct. 22.
All those who were exposed also underwent swab tests as part of the health protocols.
Robredo’s office has been very active in the country’s fight against COVID-19.
Since the onset of pandemic, she has been busy engaging in various initiatives under OVP’s COVID-19 Response Operations. (Merlina Hernando-Malipot)
