The Health department on Tuesday vowed to make science-based decisions and make the Philippine healthcare system resilient to future diseases as it backed President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. ‘s decision to ditch lockdowns. READ:
The government also aims to establish more specialty care facilities in different parts of the country, increasing these to 329 from 46 by 2025, Ms. Vergeire said.for us to be at par with our neighboring countries,To decongest facilities, the government is pushing for telemedicine services, Ms. Vergeire said.
In his first State of the Nation Address on Monday, Mr. Maros urged Congress to pass measures that would establish a vaccine institute and a center for disease control and prevention. Mr. Marcos, who vowed to build more health centers and specialty hospitals nationwide, said his government would not resort to lockdowns.t be lockdowns anymore and in the future,Eventually we should be able to prepare our healthcare system and be prepared in case there will be another pandemic of this scale,nationwide cases have been reported to be mild and can be allowed to heal at home,She said the hospital admission rate remains at low risk, with severe and critical cases at only 8.
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