To address the spike in COVID-19 cases, authorities will go on a house-to-house search for possible patients in line with the implementation of strict community quarantine on Monday.
With the implementation of enhanced community quarantine in the Greater Manila area starting Monday, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said authorities will be do a house-to-house search for possible COVID-19 patients.
In a briefing on Saturday, Roque assured the public this will not violate human rights since this is part and parcel of the quarantine. This will also give special attention to areas placed under granular lockdown, he noted. Roque also said the government wants to trace, isolate, and quarantine 95% of a COVID-19 patient's close contacts within 24 hours of notification.
To further increase the country's testing capacity, some 500,000 anti-gen test kits will be procured to augment supply of swab test kits, he added. Currently, Roque said the Philippines can conduct 51,000 tests per day, far from the minimum requirement of at least 100,000 given the latest COVID-19 situation.
The country has recorded more than 9,000 COVID-19 infections for two days. To date, cases have reached more than 712,000, with a new all-time high for the number of active cases at 118,122.
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