Marikina records COVID-19 case after Ulysses onslaught

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MANILA - Marikina recorded one COVID-19 case after Typhoon Ulysses submerged houses and prompted residents to call for rescue atop their roofs, its mayor said Thursday, exactly a week after the storm&#x27;s onslaught.The patient, a 68 year-old male evacuee, was detected at the Barangka Elementary School and has since been isolated, according to Mayor Marcelino Teodoro.All of the patient&#x27;s relatives and close contacts tested negative for the coronavirus, he said.&quot;Ang priority pa rin natin talaga makabangon dito sa pinsalang dulot ng bagyo. Pangkabuhayan, &#x27;yan po ang kailangan po; pero ayaw namin magdagdag problema pa ang COVID,&quot; he told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.(Our priority is still to recover from the typhoon&#x27;s destruction. We need livelihood and we also don&#x27;t want COVID to add to our problems.)The Philippines as of Wednesday reported 412,097 cases of COVID-19, of which 7,957 were deaths, 374,666 were recoveries, and 29,474 were considered active.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/18/20/ph-covid-19-daily-tally-at-1383-total-reaches-412097">PH COVID-19 daily tally at 1,383; total reaches 412,097</a></li></ul>

Marikina recorded one COVID-19 case after Typhoon Ulysses submerged houses and prompted residents to call for rescue atop their roofs, its mayor said Thursday, exactly a week after the storm's onslaught.

Marikina recorded one COVID-19 case after Typhoon Ulysses submerged houses and prompted residents to call for rescue atop their roofs, its mayor said Thursday, exactly a week after the storm's onslaught.

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Marikina records COVID-19 case after Ulysses onslaught

Marikina records COVID-19 case after Ulysses onslaught

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Published Nov 19, 2020 01:27 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 19, 2020 01:35 PM PHT

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