Six months after enforcing some of the world’s longest and strictest quarantine restrictions, the Philippines is seeing signs that the COVID-19 outbreak in its capital Manila is finally being contained. AsiaNewsNetwork
Prof David said the reproduction number of the virus in the capital, which saw the highest number of infections, had fallen to less than one and was decreasing, calling this “a good sign”.
“We were averaging more than 4,000 cases from mid- to late-August . Now, we’re averaging 3,000,” he said. The Philippines still has the highest number of recorded Covid-19 cases in South-east Asia. About 48,000 are still active cases.Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Monday that while current indicators showed improvements, “we always say nothing is certain at this point”.
Dr Vergeire disclosed that only 66 percent of hospital beds in Manila were occupied, from a high of about 80 per cent last month.President Rodrigo Duterte reimposed quarantine measures in the capital and four nearby provinces – home to some 27 million or a quarter of the Philippine population – from Aug 4 to 18 after more than 160 medical groups warned that the health system was on the verge of collapsing.
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