By BIN Staff | 08:31 PM July 10, 2020
The employee of Island City Mall (ICM) who died on July 6, 2020, tested negative for coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
“Ang worker sa ICM nga namatay, nag NEGATIVE sa result sa PCR test nga ni gawas karon lang,” Yap announced on Facebook.
Earlier, ICM issued a statement regarding the death of an employee who has been allegedly tagged as suspected Covid-19 patient.
Rumors circulated on social media regarding the death of one of its employees at the ICM’s IT Department died of COVID-19.
“To clarify, an employee assigned at our IT Department passed away last July 6, 2020, Before that, the employee had not been reporting for work for more than a week, ” the statement said.
It said that in line with the government’s protocols currently in place, a swab sample
for (polymerase chain reaction) PCR testing was taken from the late employee and still awaiting results.
“As part of our proactive measures to ensure the health and safety of our customers and employees, the work area of the employee was immediately put into lockdown and was properly disinfected upon learning of the employee’s passing away, ” it said.
It clarified that the employee was not part of the sales group of the mall and was not assigned in the selling area nor in their public spaces.
As an added precaution, nine co-workers who had direct exposure with the late employee have already been placed on strict 14-day quarantine since July 6,
2020 in one accredited quarantine facility of the Department of Health in Tagbilaran City.
These nine (9) employees have also undergone rapid testing and they tested negative, it said.
“It has been 12 days since their last contact with the late employee. We would like to clarify that the nine (9) co-workers are NOT experiencing any of the COVID-19 symptoms. The same nine (9) co-workers have also undergone PCR testing and, as of today, (July 10, 2020) there are no results yet, ” it said.
“During these times, we encourage everybody to only rely on official sources of information regarding the situation of the pandemic. The spread of false information about COVID-19 is not helpful to our community. Since the onset of this pandemic, the management has been taking extra precautions by continually sanitizing and disinfecting our stores in order to protect you, our valued customers, and our employees as well in compliance with the mandated government protocols, ” it added.
