KABANKALAN City Mayor Pedro Zayco tested negative for the coronavirus based on the result of his reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test.
The result came out immediately on Thursday afternoon, March 25, 2021, after Zayco voluntarily went on self-quarantine just after he submitted himself for a swab test Thursday morning.
Zayco made the moves after a city employee assigned at the City Health Office tested positive for the coronavirus and that Zayco had exposure to the said employee, said City Public Information Officer Jake Gonzales.
Gonzales also bared 50 other personnel from different agencies who also had exposure to the said employee were swabbed Thursday and went on quarantine.
The said employee was asymptomatic, Gonzales said.
She clarified that it was business as usual in the city as City Hall and other offices were open with strict observance of health protocols and that Zayco worked from home Thursday.