Envoy: 2 Pinoys died in India amid COVID-19 surge

Two Filipinos in India died due to COVID-19, Philippine Ambassador to India Ramon Bagatsing Jr. said Tuesday.

Bagatsing said the two Filipinos were diagnosed with COVID-19 last April 23 and died three days later as India battles a raging COVID-19 surge which saw over a million new COVID-19 cases recorded this week alone.

“It is really bad here. May dalawang nasawi [na Pilipino]. We learned they were positive in April 23 then April 26, wala na. It happened very fast. Traydor itong virus na ito. They call it double mutant strain,"” Bagatsing said during the Laging Handa briefing.

(Two Filipinos died, and they died within three days. It was very fast. The virus is a traitor.)

“They (those who died) are of managerial level. I cannot give further details to give due respect to the family,” he added.

Bagatsing said 20 other Filipinos in India are also infected with COVID-19.

“They are confined, isolated,” he said.

“We are doing everything we can to help them given the situation,” he added. — RSJ, GMA News