MANILA Mayor Isko Moreno issued a reminder to those who have recovered from COVID-19 to bear in mind that just because they have had it and survived does not mean that they could no longer get infected again.

Moreno gave the advice as he announced that 365 patients infected with coronavirus have recently recovered in Manila.

“Sa 365, ako ay nakikisuyo sa inyo. Ibahagi ninyo ang karanasan ninyo sa loob ng 14 na araw ng impeksyon upang ito ay kapulutan ng aral at maging takdang giya na talagang seryoso ang dapat na pag-iwas sa COVID,” he said.

“Di komo kayo ay na-impeksyon at ligtas na ngayon ay hindi na kayo maimpeksyon later on. Posible pa rin po ‘yan kasi wala pa hong medical findings na magpapatunay na kayo ay hindi na maiimpeksyon kung kayo ay nabuhay o nakaligtas sa impeksyon ng COVID-19,” Moreno stressed.

The mayor also advised the COVID survivors to also look back and review how and why they got infected in the first place and avoid committing the same mistakes all over again, so as not to get infected again.

Most of all, he urged the COVID survivors to learn from the difficulties they encountered while battling COVID-19 and holding on to dear life for at least 14 days.

Moreno said: “Ang mabisang paraan para makaiwas na mahawang muli ay alalahanin ang naging sitwasyon sa loob ng 14 days… gaano kahirap ito at kapulutan ng aral sa sarili natin. Ano ba ang mga bagay na ginawa ko ba’t ako na-impeksyon, ba’t ako nahawa? Alalahanin n’yo maigi ‘yun and then you pick it up from there. Dun na kayo makapulot ng aral na next time, ano dapat ko gawin para makaiwas na ‘wag na ulit ma-impeksyon.”

Meanwhile, 80,051 have so far been inoculated with their first dose under the city government’s mass vaccination program being rolled out under the supervision of Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna as head of the city’s health cluster.

Lacuna herself gives the jab for bedridden residents and those who are physically-challenged and are thus unable to go to the vaccination sites.

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