Masantol mulls case versus Alabang worker
MASANTOL - The worker from Alabang, Muntinlupa City who infected the first coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patient in this town may be facing charges for violation of quarantine protocols.
Mayor Danilo Guintu said he is looking into possible filing of charges against the worker after he came to this municipality and mingled with residents despite knowing that he a got positive result in the rapid test for Covid-19.
He further disclosed that the worker even engaged in a drinking session with his relatives here while waiting for the result of his RT-PCR
test which later turned out to be positive.
"If you tested positive for the rapid test and was subjected to swab testing, it is already public knowledge that you must undergo self-quarantine and isolation but instead of following the protocol, he went to a Covid-19 free municipality and mingled with the people," the mayor said.
Guintu said the the worker managed to exposed at least 11 individuals to the dreaded virus due to his interaction with them.
One of which was his driver who later became this municipality's first confirmed Covid-19 case after testing positive in the swab test.
The mayor said he is now consulting with the municipal doctor and legal consultants for possible filing of a case against the worker.
"Of course there is still compassion because he is also battling with the disease and I was told that he was already kicked out of his apartment in Alabang but I must also consider the lives that he endangered due to his carelessness," he said.