Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has tested positive again for the COVID-19 a day after he physically attended the Senate plenary debates on the DND’s proposed budget for 2022.
Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has tested positive again for the coronavirus disease a day after he physically attended the Senate plenary debates on the DND’s proposed budget for 2022.
Senators who were informed of Lorenzana testing positive for the virus told reporters said they found out about Lorenzana’s condition through the Senate Sergeant-at-arms. “We just found out through the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms that the good Secretary of National Defense is positive,” Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said during Wednesday’s budget deliberation.Senate President Vicente Sotto III said the Senate will suspend budget deliberations this weekend and will resume it on Monday, next week.
“We were informed today. To play safe we will suspend budget deliberations until all those who were exposed to him yesterday will have an RT-PCR test by Saturday or Sunday,” Sotto said in a text message to reporters.Lorenzana first tested positive for COVID last April 2021. Zubiri noted that during the budget deliberations, he was seated closely with Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa as he was defending the budget of the DND together with Lorenzana.“This has implications, Mr. Presidetn, to our deliberations of the budget this week. So let’s finish the budgets that are here this evening so we can continue with the budget deliberation,” he added.
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