President Duterte even called DOH Secretary Duque a 'hero' of the fight against the coronavirus.
As authorities see a slow decrease in the country’s COVID-19 cases, President Rodrigo Duterte said that the country is doing good on its pandemic response compared with other countries.
He also noted that in the week of April 26 to May 2, average daily reported cases fell to 8,227 from 8,782 in the previous week. However, he said they still hope to reduce this to the January-February level at 1,700. The Department of Health earlier said that it has seen a slow decrease in the number of cases, specifically in Metro Manila in the past two weeks. The OCTA research group also said they are seeing cases in the region drop to 2,800 from an average of 3,144 starting next week.
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