San Juan City Mayor self-quarantines after staff tests positive for COVID-19

Updated Tue, March 31, 2020 at 1:52 PM Published Sun, March 29, 2020 at 8:00 AM

San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora is undergoing self-quarantine until April 11, 2020, after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.

Despite being symptom-free, Zamora was tested for COVID-19 on Sunday, March 29, after close contact with the infected staffer.

He assured the public that he would remain actively involved in the city's COVID-19 response from home.

Zamora stated that service delivery, including food pack distribution, has not been disrupted.

The city has designated isolation rooms for positive and suspected cases, and a COVID-19 ward at the San Juan Medical Center will open soon.

The mayor recently signed an agreement to convert San Juan Science High School into a 100-bed quarantine facility for persons under investigation (PUIs).

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