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Cebu Mayor Michael Rama tests positive for COVID

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama. Cebu City Information Office/Handout" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/06/30/20220630-mike-rama.jpg"/><figcaption>Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama. Cebu City Information Office/Handout</figcaption></figure></div>CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced on Tuesday. This is the first time the mayor contracted COVID-19.Rama, who was asymptomatic, was supposed to be in a meeting at Malacañang set Tuesday afternoon, but a couple of RT-PCR tests yielded positive results.According to Dr. Mary Jean P. Loreche, consultant of health and hospital operations, the mayor is &quot;well and (there is) nothing to worry about his condition”.He is in quarantine based on the basic protocol for a fully vaccinated individual already with a booster shot. Loreche said the mayor having been fully vaccinated and having acquired a booster shot “definitely contributed to his being asymptomatic positive”. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/01/22/ph-logs-more-severe-critical-covid-19-cases">Philippines logs more severe, critical COVID-19 patients as cases rise</a></li></ul>“To the rest of the citizenry who have received only one primary shot, to get their second dose soon. To those who have not yet, &#x27;PaBakunaTa na gyod&#x27;, mga ka&#x27;Sugbo,&quot; said Rama, who will be working from home and will not be taking a leave of absence.&quot;I am very much connected and will work with meetings, and convergences via Zoom.&quot; – Report from Annie Perez

This is the first time the mayor contracted COVID-19.