TUGUEGARAO CITY—A third COVID-19 case was recorded in the country’s northernmost province, Batanes, on Friday (Dec. 11).
The infected person was an 82-year-old man who returned to Batanes from Bacoor in Cavite province.
He flew into Batanes on a Sky Pasada plane last Dec. 9. He is now on quarantine at the Batanes Resort, the designated isolation facility for COVID-19 patients in the province.
Contact tracing is now ongoing, according to officials.
Batanes recorded its first COVID-19 case last October.
Gov. Marilou Cayco said all Batanes residents returning to the province but had been stranded elsewhere by quarantine rest…
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