Priest of Quiapo Church tested positive with COVID-19

Quiapo Church has been put to lockdown after Fr. Douglas Badong, parochial vicar of the church tested positive for coronavirus disease or Covid 19. 

The church is in lockdown from June 19 to July 4, 2020.Fr. Badong said he stayed in the church following all the community quarantine protocols implemented by our government in the previous months. When community quarantine is lifted and travel was allowed, he returned to Mindanao.He tested positive in Mindanao and it was on June 13 when he discovered he acquired the virus.

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Quiapo Church's staff and other priest are not allowed to go out in the church. Affiliates of the Catholic are also not allowed to enter the church and attend masses. They may go there but only to hear masses through the screen placed outside the church.

Fr. Badong said that the other staffs and priest of the church have undergone rapid testing where they tested negative for coronavirus 2019.

The government is constantly reminding everyone that if we go out, we have to make sure to follow the protocols with or without the presence of our Philippine National Police. Always bring with you an alcohol to sanitize your hands. Observe social distancing and don't forget to wear your mask properly.

If we want to end this pandemic everyone's cooperation is needed, if we want to return to our normal routines we must follow all the safety measures our government is implementing. We already exhausted our resources, and we are buried with debt. If this pandemic continues our government might not be able to help us anymore. 

Let us not forget what happened in Italy, they have a good medical healthcare but because of it's people unwillingness to cooperate they weren't able to control the virus immediately. We are a third world country and cannot afford a top notch healthcare so think twice before going out.