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DOJ chief Guevarra tests negative for Covid-19
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has tested negative for COVID-19.
He underwent a swab test on Sunday as a requirement to attend President Rodrigo Duterte's State of the Nation Address (SONA).
Guevarra had previously tested negative in rapid tests.
This comes after 10 employees of the Presidential Communications Operations Office's (PCOO) main office tested positive for COVID-19 days before the SONA.
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