Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Donald Trump has tested negative for coronavirus.
Reports from ABSCBN Website that Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo also confirmed that the president and his former aide tested negative for the virus and will be back to work.
"This means that there is no stopping the Chief Executive from performing his primary constitutional duty of serving and protecting the people, especially at this perilous time when our country is faced with a deathly disease that threatens the very lives of our countrymen," Panelo said in a statement.
"[Duterte] will continue to work with his usual passion and dedication for the nation. He will observe pre-emptive measures to secure his health as he steers the government in arresting the spread of the contagion," he added.
Panelo said the 74-year-old chief executive and the lawmaker chose to undergo the test to “ensure that they are fit and healthy to perform their duties as government workers.”
Meanwhile, The White House released the test results on Saturday night after Mr Trump revealed hours earlier he had taken the COVID-19 test.
He had refused to be tested for days despite being in direct and indirect contact with several people who have coronavirus, including three who he spent time with last weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
Mr Trump and vice president Mike Pence had said they did not need to be tested as they had "almost no interactions" with him, although he posted a picture on Instagram of himself next to the pair and was seen in a video just behind the two presidents. Late on Friday, the Brazilian Embassy in Washington said the country's charge d'affaires, Nestor Forster, tested positive after sitting at Mr Trump's table at a dinner.
