The WHO country rep. to the Philippines, however, did not contest the data culled by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, which came out with the report over the weekend that the country had the fastest rise in COVID-19 cases in the Western Pacific region. Read:
The Inquirer report was based on the daily COVID-19 cases gathered from member states by the WHO Western Pacific region.
As indicated in the WHO report, written June 27, the Philippines logged 8,143 new cases since June 16, the highest among the 22-member countries belonging to the Western Pacific bloc. Singapore was a far second with 2,351 new cases during the same period, while China had 302. But while WHO did not contest any of the data specified in the Inquirer report, it took issue with the attribution of statements to the organization.
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