The Palace refuse to accept that the Philippines has the most number of confirmed COVID19 cases in Southeast Asia, topping Indonesia. READ:
MANILA - Malacañang on Friday refused to accept that the Philippines has overtaken Indonesia in the number of coronavirus infections, claiming that the numbers are a result of Manila's more aggressive testing than Jakarta.
"Dahil mas maigting ang ating pagte-test, hindi po totoo na mas maraming kaso tayo kaysa Indonesia," Roque said during a Palace press briefing. Pressed on his basis for claiming that it was wrong to say that the Philippines has more cases than Indonesia, Roque responded: "Hindi ko po alam how to answer that, basta ang malinaw lang po sa akin ang Indonesia, with more or less the same cases as us, has 1/3 of the actual testing we have conducted on our people."
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