Experts from UP and UST projected that the number of infections could reach 30,000 by July 31 if Cebu City’s ECQ would be downgraded.
When the city’s status was reverted to ECQ on June 16, the study said the number of cases and hospital admissions slightly dropped.
Reopening business“To this end, we recommend that the government review its national strategy to combat COVID-19 in the country. The government must reexamine and recalibrate its strategies to ensure that the transmission of SARS-Cov-2 virus does not further increase beyond the capacity of the health-care system to respond,” they said.
He said the continued increase in COVID-19 cases should not surprise anyone since it was the only local government that had been conducting mass testing among its constituents. “But we have to continue doing to save lives,” he said.
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