Medical community reports patient numbers more manageable during first week of MECQ.
ng mga tao[Translation: Based on feedbacks and meetings, there have been no additions. This means it is more under control — there has been no data because we have only gotten feedbacks during outr meetings. We have felt that the MECQ has helped in terms of limiting people's monilitym but then we have also observed many people roaming around the streets.]
Dr. Jose Santiago, president of the Philippine Medical Association, said people are now doing online consultations instead of physically going to hospitals in an effort to prevent being exposed to diseases. He added that if the government decides to revert to general community quarantine, strict health protocols should be still enforced.dapat imaintain yungwe will be overwhelmed with the number of patients going to the hospital, we should still maintain MECQ rather than back to GCQ,” Santiago says.
[Translation: We have to sustain the momentum from the time we started this MECQ, even when we lower it down to GCQ, we have to maintain the strict implementation of quarantine protocols. If we will truly be overwhelmed with the number of patients going back to the hospital, we should stil maintain MECQ rather than back to GCQ.]Some of the points that they will be tackling are the rate of infection and the record in contact tracing, among others.
National Task Force Vice Chair and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said they are now focusing on building different isolation facilities in each city nationwide.
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