DOH – 7 is reminding the public to be cautious when it comes to sharing unverified COVID-19 information on social media so as not to cause undue panic. |CDN Digital file photo
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas is now working to include the coronavirus disease 2019 count from the region in the real-time updates of the national government.sent to the media on Saturday, April 25, Dr. Jaime Bernadas, DOH – 7, confirmed reports that COVID-19 updates from DOH’s central office did not include real-time figures from Central Visayas.
“We would like to assure the general public that regional numbers are recorded in the national figures but not in real-time.,” said Bernadas. As a result, Bernadas said they were now finding ways for the national government to release COVID-19 figures that would carry those from Central Visayas.We are now establishing a system to improve and shorten the delay from the release of our regional figures and the reflection of such figures in the national numbersBased on the statement by DOH – 7, numbers from the regional transmitted to DOH’s central office undergo a vetting process involving several levels of review.
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