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Woman with COVID-19 visited Boracay over the weekend

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i7b-izyGPcI?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MALAY, Aklan—The municipal government here on Tuesday confirmed that a personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Iloilo City, who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was in Boracay over the weekend.</p><p>Local government officials said the woman went to Boracay on Friday, June 12, saying she needed to be there for a conference.</p><p>According to the local government unit’s statement, the person wrote on a manifesto that she and her colleagues originated from Kalibo, Aklan. The same BFP personnel left Boracay on Sunday, June 14 at 1:40 p.m.</p><p>She is now quarantined in a facility in Iloilo City.</p><p>Boracay opened its doors Tuesday, June 16, for tourists from Western Visayas after the Boracay Inter-agency Task Force opened the island for local tourism.</p><p>Malay LGU officials convened Tuesday to discuss the development on COVID-19 cases. To date, Boracay remains COVID-free.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/lgumalay/photos/a.1137129962968742/3673671989314514/?type=3&amp;theater" data-width="auto"> </div><p>On Tuesday afternoon, the Malay town government released a statement on Facebook, confirming the Iloilo woman’s presence on Boracay and calling it an “unfortunate incident.”</p><p>“The BFP personnel allegedly went on unofficial business and violated quarantine protocols of both the Municipality of Malay and Municipality of Kalibo (the personnel’s place of origin),” the statement read.</p><p>The LGU condemned the disregard for quarantine protocols, as acting Malay Mayor Frolibar Bautista mulled filing charges.</p><p>On Monday, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas called the attention of the BFP for not presenting immediately the said personnel who was found COVID-19 positive.</p><p>Treñas is preparing to file a complaint against erring BFP personnel and officials, which will be submitted to the Inter-Agency Task Force.</p><p>Meanwhile, also on Monday, Fire Inspector Mary Angeli Bolocon, spokesperson of the BFP Region 6, confirmed that the bureau staff with COVID-19 arrived in Iloilo City on June 5.</p><p>She had come from Cebu where she lived and was stranded there after the province was locked down.</p><p>Her rapid-test results turned up negative, but the result of her swab specimen was only released on Sunday, June 14.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/15/20/opisina-ng-bfp-sa-iloilo-city-pansamantalang-isinara-dahil-sa-empleyadong-nagpositibo-sa-covid-19">Opisina ng BFP sa Iloilo City, pansamantalang isinara dahil sa empleyadong nagpositibo sa COVID-19</a></li></ul><p>ABS-CBN News tried to get the BFP regional office’s side on the issue, but no one has responded to requests for interview.</p><p>Meanwhile, more than a hundred BFP personnel underwent swab test Tuesday morning.</p><p>The BFP regional office, provincial office and the adjacent Iloilo City office was locked down on Monday.</p><p>The said offices and firetrucks have been disinfected, as other substations remain open. —<strong> with reports from Joyce Clavecillas, Cherry Palma and Nony Basco, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>The municipal government here on Tuesday confirmed that a personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Iloilo City, who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was in Boracay over the weekend.</p>

The municipal government here on Tuesday confirmed that a personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Iloilo City, who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was in Boracay over the weekend.