DOH rejects ‘epicenter’ tag for virus hotspots like Davao City

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DOH rejects ‘epicenter’ tag for virus hotspots like Davao City
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Davao City is not an epicenter of COVID-19 cases, the DOH said Wednesday, as it rejected the use of the term for areas seeing a rise in coronavirus infections. | cgonzalesINQ

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the term epicenter, in relation to epidemics, is interpreted by some to refer to an area as the source of the infection, and is also meant to connote the area as a hotspot for the infection.“We discourage the use of the term ‘epicenter’ in describing the rise of cases in an area. These areas are not the origin of the COVID-19 virus.

“Considering this, no, Davao City is not an epicenter. We continue to closely monitor the situation in Davao City due to increasing cases,” she added.

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