Several senators criticized the DOH after a team of experts flagged “alarming errors” in the agency’s data on COVID-19 patients. Read:
“Manual data collection will definitely lead to errors, and errors may lead to loss of lives in a pandemic,” the senator said.
“Questions on the accuracy of the DOH data, and violations of the rules and abuses by law enforcers, erode the confidence of the people in the IATF and its ability to contain the pandemic. It will be more difficult for the people to follow IATF rules,” he added. “Data accuracy is key to correct and sound decision-making. This is an age-old tenet in management which not only logical but simple enough…What is abominable is if such an act is committed deliberately in pursuit of some selfish reasons or interests,” Lacson said.“The COVID-19 pandemic involves people’s lives and to a large extent their livelihood.
De Lima said that while the DOH announced over 10,000 COVID-19 cases on May 10, a situation report released by the department on the same day stated that there were 14,504 individuals who tested positive for the virus. DOH spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire had earlier clarified that the number of individuals found infected with the coronavirus disease may be higher than the number of reported confirmed cases as these still undergo case investigation and validation.
“We need to succeed in flattening the curve. We need to step up the testing and we need a leader who can get it done,” she added.
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