MANILA – Philippines men’s national volleyball team star Bryan Bagunas has been finally cleared from possible coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection after a week of waiting for his test result.
The 2019 Southeast Asian Games silver medalist received the good news on Thursday afternoon, a few hours after venting on social media his disappointment on the slow release of his COVID-19 result.
Bagunas was holed up at a hotel quarantine facility in Quezon City after he arrived from Japan last week. He plays as import for Oita Miyoshi Weiss Adler in the Japan V. Premier League.
“Negative result received. I’m happy to be able to leave the hotel after seven days and go home,” Bagunas wrote on his social media account.
The former National University Bulldogs member thanked Bases Conversion and Development Authority president and chief executive officer and also deputy chief implementer of the national policy against COVID-19 Vince Dizon, Department of Tourism secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat and the Philippine Sports Commission chairman William ‘Butch’ Ramirez for the immediate release of his test result.
Like Overseas Filipino Workers and others coming from abroad, Bagunas had to undergo swab testing as part of the national government’s preventive measures against COVID-19.
Bagunas, a two-time University Athletic Association of the Philippines champion and Season 81 Most Valuable Player, returned to the country after the cancellation of a pre-season tournament in Japan. He will fly back there in August or September./PN
