MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte "has heard" the medical community's appeal for government to place Metro Manila back under a strict lockdown as they raised the specter of a collapse of the health c
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte "has heard" the medical community's appeal for government to place Metro Manila back under a strict lockdown as they raised the specter of a collapse of the health care system amid the surge in COVID-19 cases.
He said Malacañang values the health care workers' service as frontliners in the fight against COVID-19. The letter signed by 40 medical societies said that the health care system has been overwhelmed, with hospitals temporarily closing to decongest and health workers falling ill as COVID-19 cases in the country surged under eased lockdown measures.
It was read by Philippine Medical Association president Dr. Jose Santiago during an online press conference headed by the Philippine College of Physicians on Saturday. As of this week, over 4,500 doctors, nurses and other health care workers have contracted the disease.
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