The Pasig mayor admits it’s been difficult to get people to stay home in some parts of the city, and if the military can make people take the lockdown more seriously, then why not?
VICO SOTTO. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto addresses residents in front of city hall on October 8, 2019. File photo by Lisa Marie David/RapplercoronavirusWith 266 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pasig as of Tuesday, April 21 – up from 205 confirmed cases a week earlier on April 14 – the local outbreak showed no sign of slowing down yet.Parang sayang
Although the increase in the city’s coronavirus cases “has not been exponential,” Sotto said it may be because the city has not tested enough suspected cases and close contacts to get a more accurate picture of the outbreak in Pasig. Sotto said the city government expects to have some 100 close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 patients tested within the week, so that the local health office can move on to testing “high risk sectors”The city government will not put a"ceiling" on the number of tests it plans to do each day, and the goal is to test as many people as possible for the coronavirus, the mayor added.
“Of course, we need to balance it with the economy. The economy is taking a hit both nationally and locally, so we need to really do a balancing act,” Sotto said.
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