Published December 21, 2020, 11:48 AM
Actor-writer-director Kidlat Tahimik has revealed he was tested positive for COVID-19 after he attended the Ibagiw festival in Baguio City.
In an article published in Baguio Chronicle, the Father of Philippine Independent Cinema, also encouraged people he socialized with during the festival to have themselves tested.
Kidlat said that he is on “self-imposed quarantine” these days.
“I am visited daily by a throng of medics. These PPE-dressed health officials come in an ambulance to monitor my temperature, my oxygen count, my difficulty of breathing, my BP,” he said.
Kidlat said that since his swab test on Dec. 11, the people whom he had intensive contact with, like his sons, the carpenters he worked with, artists he chatted with, etc., have all taken swab tests.
By JANNIELYN ANN BIGTAS, GMA News
Published December 20, 2020 2:37pm Kidlat Tahimik has tested positive with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Baguio-based National Artist disclosed the news in a Facebook post on the Baguio Chronicles page Sunday, saying he felt the need to openly declare his case after being active in the Ibagiw Festival last month. On December 11, a routine swab test at the Triage at the Baguio Convention Center diagnosed this National Artist to be POSITIVE for Covid-19, he wrote. According to the National Artist, he is currently in a self-imposed quarantine and visited daily by a throng of medics. These PPE-dressed health officials come in an ambulance to monitor my temperature, my oxygen count, my difficulty of breathing, my BP, he wrote.
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