The Department of Health on Tuesday said its new way of reporting COVID19 cases was 'temporary,' as the reclassification strategy drew flak from the public.
MANILA — The Department of Health on Tuesday said its new way of reporting coronavirus disease cases was "temporary," as the reclassification strategy drew flak from the public.
Vergeire cited China, which also did its own reclassification hence an increase in its number of cases. Vergeire said the use of the term fresh cases to refer to those who tested positive and were validated in the last 3 days and the term late for those who were validated late was their way of being transparent.
Although it is true that in the end both fresh and late cases are just added to the cumulative number of cases in the country, she explained the need to plot the dates of when these patients became sick.
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