'Tingnan natin,' President Rodrigo Duterte says less than a week before the LuzonLockdown is supposed to end on April 12. COVID19PH
OUTBREAK RESPONSE. President Rodrigo Duterte gives updates on the government's efforts to address the coronavirus outbreak on April 6, 2020. Malacañang photo
Before delivering his statement, Duterte said he did not know if the status of the coronavirus outbreak in the Philippines has improved, as the situation changes"hourly." Yet without mass testing and the Philippines' testing capacity hampered by backlogs, experts have warned that current data do not show an accurate and timely picture of the virus' spread in the country. The backlogs, former health secretary Manuel Dayrit said, mean current data released are about 7 to 10 days late – which is roughly how long it takes to receive test results.
The government's coronavirus task force has not yet provided a definite date when they will announce the fate of the lockdown.
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