endIndex: Tacloban City (CNN Philippines, December 10) — Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez tested positive for COVID-19, city officials announced on Thursday. City Health Officer Gloria Fabrigas said the 58-year-old mayor got tested on Dec. 8 after showing symptoms, including sore throat and slight fever. " We are monitoring him because meron po siyang comorbidities, kasi meron siyang hypertension. We have to isolate him kasi meron po siyang sintomas na sore throat and fatigue," Fabrigas told a media briefing led by City Administrator Aldrin Quebec. [Translation: We are monitoring him because he has comorbidities, he has hypertension. We have to isolate him because he has symptoms, including sore throat and fatigue.]