High number of positive cases puzzles Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos as patients come from different barangays. | MatthewINQ
They are now in isolation and scheduled to undergo confirmatory swab tests, which are more reliable but harder to procure.Unlike rapid tests which only detect the presence of antibodies, a swab test can definitively identify COVID-19 in a patient.
In a television interview, Abalos said the government was puzzled by the high number of positive cases among tricycle drivers in the city. Those who were tested so far came from different villages, making it highly unlikely that they belong to a single cluster of infections. “You cannot trace how it was spread to them because our testing was random,” Abalos said. “These drivers are all from different barangays so we cannot pinpoint.”Abalos, however, noted that they did not exhibit symptoms commonly associated with COVID-19.
She warned that as the city gears up to test more drivers, the numbers were likely to rise in the coming days. Those who test positive and could safely self-isolate at home will be allowed to do so, while others will be quarantined in local gyms or schools.The long-awaited return of public utility vehicles to Metro Manila roads will look far different now than it did before the global pandemic.
Marikina City was the first to resolve to test all of its tricycle drivers for COVID-19 before they could hit the road. Its last update was that three had tested positive, but only after 1,084 of 6,000 were tested.
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