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Marikina's COVID-19 testing center to launch Wednesday

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/03/26/marikina-testing.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA - Marikina City&#x27;s COVID-19 testing center will launch Wednesday and will prioritize those previously identified as persons under monitoring (PUMs), immunocompromised and frontline workers, Mayor Marcelino Teodoro said Tuesday.</p><p>&quot;We would like to test them first because we would like to determine whether they are positive or negative,&quot; he told ANC.</p><p>&quot;Successful it might seem, our enhanced community quarantine covering a wide area might not be sustainable over the long run. That&#x27;s the reason why we need to do mass testing in order to provide immediate treatment and to isolate and contain the transmission of the virus,&quot; he added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/16/20/marikina-cites-groups-to-be-prioritized-for-local-covid-19-testing-center">Marikina cites groups to be prioritized for local COVID-19 testing center</a></li></ul><p>Teodoro said the testing laboratory could run 400 tests per day, which accounts for 5 percent of the national government&#x27;s target of 8,000 daily tests.</p><p>Marikina has also entered an agreement with its neighboring areas such as San Mateo and Antipolo in Rizal province for access to services of the laboratory.</p><p>&quot;Kung ligtas &#x27;yong katabi naming bayan from the transmission, ligtas din kami because we share the same border,&quot; the mayor said.</p><p>Teodoro lamented the Department of Health&#x27;s delayed approval of the testing laboratory.</p><p>&quot;Kung nabuksan kami 3 weeks ago, palagay ko, we were able to flatten the curve or plateau the number of COVID patients in the city,&quot; he said.</p><p>The lockdown imposed all over Luzon to halt the contagion has particularly stalled the shoe industry in Marikina, the mayor said.</p><p>&quot;Marami sa aming manggagawa dito ay &#x27;piece worker.&#x27; Binabayaran sa daming nagawang sapatos, pero marami ang nag-cancel ng order,&quot; he said.</p><p>Asked whether the enhanced community quarantine should be extended after April 30, he said it should be lifted gradually and selectively.</p><p>&quot;Maaaring ang quarantine na lang (ay) kung saan naka-concentrate &#x27;yong cases natin ngayon. I-lift na &#x27;yong quarantine to areas with no COVID cases or with little number of COVID cases so the economy could restart again,&quot; Teodoro said.</p><p>As of Tuesday, Marikina City has recorded 90 coronavirus infections, with 18 deaths and 13 recoveries.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ose4oKAnblI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></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>Marikina City's COVID-19 testing center will launch Wednesday and will prioritize those previously identified as persons under monitoring (PUMs), immunocompromised and frontline workers, Mayor Marcelino Teodoro said Tuesday.<br /> </p>

Marikina City's COVID-19 testing center will launch Wednesday and will prioritize those previously identified as persons under monitoring (PUMs), immunocompromised and frontline workers, Mayor Marcelino Teodoro said Tuesday.