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Bulacan solon tests positive for Covid-19
Bulacan 4th District Representative Henry Villarica has tested positive for COVID-19, with his confirmatory test released by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) on Thursday afternoon.
He has been confined at the Makati Medical Center since March 18 and is currently in stable condition.
Rep. Villarica last reported for work on March 4 and attended an event on March 8 hosted by Baliuag Mayor Ferdie Estrella, who has since recovered from the virus.
His wife, Meycauayan City Mayor Linabelle Ruth Villarica, is now under self-quarantine.
Villarica is the fifth member of the 18th Congress to contract the virus.
The province of Bulacan has recorded three confirmed deaths due to COVID-19.
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