This, after talk circulated online that bodies were supposedly piling up at hospitals instead of being cremated, and hospitals in Quezon City were allegedly told not to do a census on deaths. COVID19
MANILA—The Department of Health and the East Avenue Medical Center on Saturday rejected allegations that there is an order to halt the counting of COVID-19 fatalities.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told ABS-CBN News that officials are investigating the issue.
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