Dead Benguet mayor had Covid-19

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Results of two swab tests conducted on Mayor Faustino Aquisan of Kabayan, Benguet who died of cardiac arrest showed he was positive of Covid-19.
    Aquisan, 61, died while being treated at the Notre Dame de Chartres Hospital in Baguio on March 21.
    The mayor was tested at Kabayan prior to being rushed to the hospital, which was repeated at the medical facility.
    Both positive test results were received March 21 after the official was declared dead.
    His remains were immediately cremated and his ashes were brought to the chapel of the Philippine Episcopal Church’s Cathedral of the Resurrection.
    After three days, Aquisan’s ashes was transported to Kabayan and later to his residence in La Trinidad.
    People who had close contact with the mayor from March 6 to March 19 were advised to undergo home quarantine.
    Aquisan served Kabayan for three terms before he ran and lost in the 2016 congressional elections.
    Kabayan, located some three hours away drive from here, has recorded Covid-19 positive cases in November 2020.
    The town was able to prevent the infection from spreading by implementing strict entry protocols at its borders.