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Pasay mayor tests positive for COVID-19 anew amid rise in Metro Manila cases

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/01/02/20190729-dilg-mayors-meeting-gc-0705.jpg"/><figcaption>Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (UPDATE)— Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time, the city&#x27;s public information office (PIO) said Sunday.</p><p>The local chief executive found out she caught the respiratory illness again after undergoing testing, having experienced sore throat on Saturday, according to the Pasay PIO.</p><p>Calixto-Rubiano, who first got COVID-19 in February 2021, is currently in isolation in a health facility.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/09/21/pasay-city-mayor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus">Pasay City mayor tests positive for coronavirus</a></li></ul><p>Authorities have yet to identify what variant the mayor was infected with.</p><p>The PIO said Calixto-Rubiano would continue with her job as she recovers from the disease.</p><p>The Pasay mayor&#x27;s reinfection comes as Metro Manila experienced a rise in COVID-19 cases, following relaxed restrictions during the holidays.</p><div><strong>— With a report from Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/02/22/covid-numbers-may-exceed-figures-from-past-surges-octa">COVID numbers may exceed figures from past surges, says OCTA</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/01/22/ph-posts-3617-fresh-covid-19-cases-on-1st-day-of-2022">PH posts 3,617 fresh COVID-19 cases on 1st day of 2022</a></li></ul><p>RELATED VIDEO</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1880948" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time, the city's public information office said Sunday.