Sen. Angara says he tested positive for COVID-19 again, weeks after recovery

Angara said his doctors suspect there are still"remnants of the virus" in his body. He had taken the swab test while preparing to donate blood.

"My wife Tootsy has tested negative, which could be proof of what my doctors are positing that I am probably no longer infectious and that this latest positive result is probably picking up remnants of the virus," he added.Health Department spokesperson Ma. Rosario Vergeire agreed with Angara's doctors about his test results.

"The RT-PCR is not recommended by our experts as a measure of cure, as the virus may still be apparent in the body of COVID-positive cases, even long after they have recovered, such as the case of Sen. Sonny Angara. But it doesn't mean that he is still infectious," Vergeire said in a message, referring to the swab test.

Angara said he will undergo self-quarantine again, though he is not feeling ill. He said he will join Senate hearings through teleconferencing once it is allowed. Meanwhile, his co-senator Koko Pimentel said he has already tested negative for COVID-19, a month after he was diagnosed with the infection.The senator earlier faced backlash for potentially exposing hospital staff to the coronavirus after breaking stay-at-home protocols. Pimentel visited the Makati Medical Center on March 24 to accompany his pregnant wife, even though he was a suspected carrier then and had tested for COVID-19 four days before.

Operative word is 'may'

Better to be on the safe side and isolate

Validated with Korea's findings

So paano yun diba nag donate sya ng plasma?

But he donated plasma. So what happened to the recipient of it?

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Laban Senator Sen Sonny Angara and family. Korea was reporting the same. Buti na lang may initial results sa research nila na false positive ang mga naulitan. Praying for your full and complete recovery. God bless po. 🙏🙏🙏

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