On Sunday, the number of coronavirus infections in the Philippines breached the 100,000 mark with the addition of 5,032 new cases. It was the fourth consecutive day that the country reported the largest single-day rise in infections.Of the additional cases, the DOH said 2,114 were fresh, or patients who tested positive for the coronavirus in the last three days, and 2,918 were late, or people who tested positive four days ago or earlier.
The health workers urged President Duterte to place Metro Manila on lockdown for two weeks to check the surge in coronavirus infections. A two-week slowdown in new infections would give them the “timeout” they needed to recover from exhaustion, they said.Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday called on Duterte and Cabinet officials to heed the health workers’ plea.
The DOH said it aimed to “create a rapid response team of trained medical workers who can help prevent our health system [in Metro Manila] from being overrun.” The government is reluctant to revive strict curbs on movement in Metro Manila, saying main streets should be reopened and Filipinos kept employed to revive the economy.It said it would provide local governments with a “road map and technical assistance” to ensure effective contact tracing, and lead in the imposition of local lockdowns.
“It should be considered as far as I’m concerned. Life is more important and it’s going to be difficult if we lose our doctors. The government should study this very, very carefully,” Gordon said in a radio interview.“The government projected that we could lose about P382 billion in two weeks. Last time, we lost P1 trillion. Can we afford that?” Gordon said.Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said it was time that Mr. Duterte “set an appointment with the doctors” and listened to them.
He said he was studying if financial assistance and additional benefits like life insurance could be given to the health workers in private hospitals.
santostinaINQ Better late than never, I guess. Pero sana pagisipan nyo naman ng mabuti please.
santostinaINQ Please elaborate on “vows to revise”. Dapat vows to listen to frontliners and implement their suggesrions to handle further spread of coronavirus. As DOH secretary, Duque should have been on top of the HCW’s needs and concerns but obviously he wasn’t.
santostinaINQ Use your brains DOH! Listen to some if not all advice then choose the most sensible ones applicable to our situation. Huwag magmarunong, hindi lahat alam ninyo! O paano ngayon, mag traffic kayo para bumagal & kumonti ang may C-19!
santostinaINQ I guess better LATE than never.
santostinaINQ Sana noon pa 😢 COVID19 pilipinas bakitngayonlang
santostinaINQ Wala na ngang nag-a-apply because many of those who were hired as JOs for this COVID-19 situation haven’t been paid yet.
santostinaINQ 'vowed to upgrade'..... so how does DOH plan to do this? Kung kayo kayo lang wala din mangyayari. Any plan going forward should be in collaboration with health care professional organizations (i.e., doctors, nurses and other RELEVANT health care workers).
santostinaINQ heh... may strategy pala... 😅
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