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COVID-positive evacuees in Marikina now 5; QC records 3
Five evacuees in Marikina City have tested positive for COVID-19 following surveillance testing in evacuation centers.
The five positive cases are currently isolated in quarantine facilities.
Contact tracing efforts showed that all individuals who came into contact with the positive cases have tested negative.
In Quezon City, three evacuees tested positive for COVID-19 while more than 600 underwent rapid test.
The affected evacuees in Quezon City have been placed in community care facilities as the local government unit monitors the situation in evacuation centers.
The evacuees were residents displaced by the recent typhoons.
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Marikina City has begun rapid COVID-19 testing in evacuation centers after a 68-year-old evacuee tested positive for the virus.
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The Department of Health (DOH) reported no COVID-19 cases among evacuees in temporary shelters.
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Malacañang announced that COVID-19 antigen tests will be utilized to screen evacuees in typhoon-hit communities to prevent the spread of the virus.
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Nearly 90% of the 10,500 families evacuated in Marikina City due to Typhoon Ulysses have returned to their homes, with only 1,050 families remaining in evacuation centers.
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