'Aggressive testing' is the primary cause of the surge of COVID-19 cases in Cebu City, its mayor says
"Aggressive testing" is the primary cause of the surge of COVID-19 cases in Cebu City, its mayor said Monday.I think we are the first local government which was able to purchase about 34,000 swab testing kits. Since then, we continuously had our 'swab testing' sa ating mga constituents dito, especially in those areas na may mga positive[Translation: I think we are the first local government that was able to purchase about 34,000 swab testing kits.
"We will never stop. We will continue to do this," he told CNN Philippines' Senior Correspondent and Anchor Pinky Webb.
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