'To me, this is just the first wave and we are still in that continuum. We've never been able to downplay or flatten the curve in any way, we remain in a plateau,' expert says
The Philippines has yet to move past the"first wave" of COVID-19 cases, an infectious disease expert said Thursday as he contradicted claims that the country is now riding the second surge of infections., Dr. Benjamin Co said he does not agree with Health Secretary Francisco Duque's pronouncement that the Philippines is already in the middle of the second wave of COVID-19 infections, maintaining that the country— based on data— has yet to flatten the curve.
He added there had been a"lull" following the reportage of the first few cases, before the major wave— where tens of thousands of new infections were recorded— hounded the country. "If we consider that definition of a few sprinkling of cases and lull in between, then Wuhan would have been in the same place, because they saw the first few cases, there was a lull in between, and they had a spike in cases in the end of December. Then other countries are now in their second wave as well."Dr.
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