Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reminded the public not to be complacent, warning that a relaxation of preventive measures such as physical distancing might bring about another spike in the number of COVID-19 cases. COVID19PH READ:
Although the longer doubling time is a welcome development, she said the government’s goal is to prolong it to 30 days.
"That means, if yesterday, April 20, we had 6,000 cases, then we should only have 12,000 cases by May 20 if we want our doubling time to be 30 days," she illustrated her point.The number of local coronavirus cases first reached the 6,000 mark last Saturday,Vergeire reminded the public not to be complacent, warning that a relaxation of preventive measures such as physical distancing might bring about another spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.
“Nakita natin sa ibang bansa na talagang puwedeng maging taksil o traydor ang coronavirus na kinakalaban natin sa ngayon.
Vergeire noted that most of the new recorded cases of the disease were still mostly in the National Capital Region , and that some 30 provinces have very few cases with long doubling times, or none at all.Rappler.com
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