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Physical distancing a challenge in Catanduanes town ahead of 'Bising'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/04/20/20210418-bising-ph-virac-catanduanes-mrrdmo-virac4.jpg"/><figcaption>Rescue workers assist residents as they evacuate to safer grounds in preparation for the possible effects of Typhoon Bising in Virac, Catanduanes on Sunday. <em>Photo courtesy of MDRRMO Virac</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The town of Virac in Catanduanes is having difficulty enforcing physical distancing in its evacuation centers after Super Typhoon Rolly destroyed its shelters last year, its mayor said Tuesday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/02/20/bicol-death-toll-from-typhoon-rollys-onslaught-rises-to-20">Bicol death toll from Typhoon Rolly&#x27;s onslaught rises to 20</a></li></ul><p>Some 2,602 families or 9,372 individuals in Virac have fled from Typhoon Bising&#x27;s heavy rainfall and strong winds as of Monday, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/20/21/typhoon-bising-weakens-to-bring-rains-over-catanduanes-camsur">Typhoon Bising weakens, to bring rains over Catanduanes, CamSur</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Talagang kung minsan di na rin namin mapatupad ang social distancing sa mga evacuation centers although binibigyan namin ng face mask atsaka &#x27;yung may mga sipon pinipilit namin maisolate sa isang room po,&quot; Mayor Sinforoso Sarmiento told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.</p><p>(Sometimes we can&#x27;t enforce social distancing in evacuation centers although we give residents face masks and we isolate those who have colds in one room.)</p><p>The town of Virac has sought funding for typhoon-proof shelters from national government, he added.</p><p>The province has 24 active COVID-19 infections out of its total 322 cases as of Monday, according to the Department of Health.</p><p>It has been placed under storm signal no. 2, which may tilt some wooden and old electric posts, said state weather bureau PAGASA.</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=1665276" 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><p>In Northern Samar, some 12,100 individuals or 2,800 families have evacuated, according to Governor Edwin Ongchuan. The province has 16 active COVID-19 cases, he said.</p><p>&quot;Medyo kalakasan po ang bagyo pero medyo daplis lang ang pagtama. Medyo malakas pa rin ang ulan at hangin,&quot; he said.</p><p>(The storm is somewhat strong but the damage was not severe. The rainfall and winds remain strong.)</p><p>Power has been restored in some parts of the province, he added.</p><p>Bising, the country&#x27;s second storm this year, was last estimated 505 kilometers east of Infanta town, Quezon as of 4 a.m., PAGASA said. It was packing maximum sustained winds of 175 km per hour near the center and gusts of up to 215 kph.</p><p>The weather disturbance is forecast to leave the Philippine area of responsibility on Sunday.</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=1665279" 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>

<p>The town of Virac in Catanduanes is having difficulty enforcing physical distancing in its evacuation centers after Super Typhoon Rolly destroyed its shelters last year, its mayor said Tuesday.</p>

The town of Virac in Catanduanes is having difficulty enforcing physical distancing in its evacuation centers after Super Typhoon Rolly destroyed its shelters last year, its mayor said Tuesday.