Vice President Leni Robredo has stressed the importance of the coronavirus mass testing in the Philippines, citing the case of South Korea. | GabrielLaluINQ
“So iyong sa atin, habang hinahanda natin na magbukas ulit iyong ating mga negosyo, iyong trabaho, dapat mayroon nang mass testing para alam natin kung sino iyong dapat hindi puwedeng lumabas. Ang problema sa sakit na ito, kasi ang daming asymptomatic,” Robredo noted.
Recently, Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian lamented that the decision by the Department of Health to change the classification of COVID-19 cases was detrimental because patients who are under monitoring — who are excluded from the new classification — are no longer to be tested. It was however later discovered that some PUMs who have not shown COVID-19 symptoms are infected with the coronavirus.Rex Gatchalian says DOH should revisit patient grouping as asymptomatic PUMs test positive for coronavirus
The Philippines currently has one of the highest rates of COVID-19 infection and mortality in Southeast Asia. The Department of Health said that at present, the country has 6,087 patients positive for COVID-19. Of this number, 397 have died of the disease, while at least 516 have recovered. Worldwide, over 2.33 million individuals have been infected, while 155,689 have died of the disease, with 599,692 recoveries.
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