A house-to-house check for possible symptoms of COVID-19 was conducted by the Pasay City government to curb the spread of the disease.
Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit under the supervision of Miko Llorca recorded 102 cases of COVID-19 on Nov. 1.
Rubiano said Llorca and his team were conducting house-to-house symptoms check on households with reported COVID-19 cases. Llorca, in a telephone interview, said aside from the conduct of house-to- house symptoms check, they are also conducting mass testing in areas or barangays with high COVID-19 cases.The CESU head said it employs a different case finding strategy where instead of only 10 houses around the area with COVID-19 case, they are also checking about 40 houses around those with positive cases.Records showed that the city recorded on Nov. 1 a total of 102 active cases with four new cases.
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