The Department of Health (DOH) is monitoring the situation in several provinces and cities in the Visayas due to rising coronavirus infections there.
“Hindi pa po ganun karami ang mga kaso sa nasabing lugar ngunit nakikita na po natin na mas mabilis na tumataas kumpara po sa ibang mga lugar,” Vergeire said in a televised press briefing Wednesday.
Vergeire said this prompted the government to take steps to curtail the further spread of the respiratory illness in the said areas. “Tayo ay nagpadala ng mga kagamitan to ramp up the testing capacity of Cebu province and required the strict implementation of the public health standards with the help of the local government and the National Task Force in this emerging hotspots,” she said..
Nearly half or 225 of the latest cases came from Metro Manila, the country’s contagion epicenter; 145 were recorded in Central Visayas where Cebu City and Cebu province are located, while the remaining 100 came from other regions nationwide.
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