GINATILAN Mayor Dean Michael Singco tested positive for the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

He confirmed this on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. He also confirmed that his wife, Hannah, also tested positive.

Singco said that he was asymptomatic. He did not experience any symptoms of Covid-19.

He said his wife is a legal frontliner who attended a hearing on Thursday, Feb. 11. She had a fever on Friday night. On Monday, she took a saliva test.

The couple is now in isolation. Singco said the other members of their household are under home quarantine and scheduled to have their swab tests soon.

The mayor said he remains asymptomatic while his wife’s fever is now gone.

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