DOH: 'Artificial rise' in COVID-19 cases due to OFW test results

The sudden spike in the number of new COVID-19 cases is just an 'artificial rise,' the Department of Health says.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that new infections reached 350 on Tuesday, the highest one-day rise since April 6, because they included results from the swab tests on overseas Filipino workers who just returned to the country.

Co said his assessment is based on data from the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in an interview with CNN Philippines on Wednesday night. “Kung halimbawa ay three of four days na dagdag because pumapasok ang sa OFW, pagkatapos po nun mawawala rin, 'di masusustain kung ito ang nagbibigay ng pagtaas,"[Translation: If, for example, there's an increase for three or four days because OFW test results are coming in, it would not be sustained if this is causing the rise in cases.]

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