OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David said there was no sustained increase in Covid-19 cases so far after the election season in the country.
OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David during the Laging Handa Public Briefing on Monday, May 16, 2021.
He noted that the country’s Covid positivity rate was still low at 1.1 percent, while reproduction number also remained below 1 or at 0.6 over the past week. “Mababa ang risk ng surge dahil sa May 9 elections pero ang game changer diyan na binabantayan natin yung panibagong subvariant itong BA.2.12, at yung BA.4 and BA.5 sa South Africa kung makapasok dito, pwedeng mag-iba talaga yung trajectory ,” he added.
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