Following the detection of 12 cases of a COVID-19 variant in Bontoc, Mountain Province, Mayor Franklin Odsey says they are looking into a possible expansion of a newly imposed lockdown to the whole Mountain Province to contain the transmission of the virus.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 24) Mayor Franklin Odsey of Bontoc, Mountain Province has revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19.
In a statement late Saturday night, Odsey revealed that he is under isolation after he was informed last January 15 that he had contracted the virus.
Odsey said he is asymptomatic but is being monitored by doctors. I write this letter while I am in isolation at home as I was informed last January 15 that I have contracted the COVID-19 virus, he said.
LOOK: Bontoc, Mountain Province Mayor Franklin Odsey reveals that he has contracted COVID-19 and is currently on isolation (1/2) | @gleefjaleapic.twitter.com/sd1m5lDuXY CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) January 24, 2021