PH has ‘low’ number of COVID-19 cases despite limited testing – Duque

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the country’s COVID-19 incidence is two for every one million of the population. | DYGalvezINQ

It was only recently that the government was able to expand its testing capacity.

Duque himself said that it would be “premature” to tell if the number of COVID-19 cases nationwide had already peaked. [We need sufficient epidemiological data of COVID-19. We experienced a shortage in testing. So the picture of the COVID-19 crisis is not yet that clear.]

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