255 Tricycle Drivers in Mandaluyong City Tested Positive of COVID-19
The local government of Mandaluyong City now recorded 255 of COVID-19 positive cases of tricycle drivers after the anti-body test conducted.
After the local government of Mandaluyong conducted an anti-body test to 3,000 tricycle drivers as part of the requirements before the resumption of operations, they recorded 55 positive cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on May 25, 2020.
Meanwhile, the local government now recorded 255 tricycle drivers who were test positive of COVID-19. According to the Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos, government still don’t know how these tricycle drivers got infected.
Abalos said they cannot trace yet how the virus transmitted to those infected drivers. The Mayor added, those drivers who tested positive with COVID-19 are not yet operating.
“Hindi pa naman sila bumibiyahe talaga, actually ang sabi ko kasi hangga’t walang rapid test, hindi sila puwedeng bumiyahe,” she said in an interview with GMA’s Unang Balita.
“Hindi mo ma-trace kung sasabihin mo na nahawa kung kanino kasi nga random ‘yung aming ano eh. Iba-ibang barangays itong mga drivers na ‘to eh kaya di namin masabi kung nahawa kung kanino…” Abalos added.
According to the report, the 255 tricycle drivers are all asymptomatic. They also came from the different barangays, the mayor said.
Abalos assured Mandaluyong residents that positive drivers are already isolated and will not return to work. And after the city shifted to general community quarantine (GCQ), only half of the tricycle drivers are allowed to operate.
“Kalahati lang muna ang tatakbo na tricycle pagdating ng June 1. Ang gagawin namin parang color coding sila, iba ang MFW, iba ang TTH para at least di naman sila sabay sabay na 8,000 lalabas diyan sa kalye,” Abalos said.
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