BREAKING. President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered an extension of the general community quarantine (GCQ) for Metro Manila until June 30.
Days before the decison, University of the Philippines experts cautioned against further loosening quarantine restrictions as the country still observedDOH data examined by the experts showed the Philippines had a reproduction number of 1.2 as of June 11, which means the pandemic was still spreading.
A reproduction number higher than 1 means a person in that area with a disease can infect more than one person, which indicates that the disease is able to spread more rapidly there. Experts say the goal is to bring the reproduction number way below 1 in order to say the outbreak has been managed."second major battleground."Their study also showed Cebu City with a reproduction number of 2, even higher than Metro Manila's reproduction number of 0.96 at the time.
On Monday, Roque said the case doubling rate in Metro Manila has stretched to 7 days. Meanwhile, the DOH said 35% of critical care resources have been used to treat patients, while health facilties have been able to strengthen their capacity to treat patients.
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