Rodrigo Duterte made this closing statement at a presidential debate in Cebu City, around a month before winning the Philippine presidency by a landslide.
After 3 imported cases in late January and no cases reported in the weeks that followed, a 62-year-old man walked into the Cardinal Santos Medical Center on February 25 hot with fever and reeling from a headache. He became theof the virus, meaning he had somehow gotten infected inside the country. Lockdowns helped lessen a rise in cases but this was only a reprieve. From some 200 to 300 new cases a day during lockdown, figures spiked to between 500 to 1,000 a day as more people ventured out following the easing of restrictions meant to save a crippled economy.
By April, Vietnam had 112 coronavirus testing labs from just 3 in January. In the same time period, the Philippines was only able to grow its number of labs from one to 15. We now have 66. But while Vietnam is slowly emerging from the crisis, achieving consecutive days of zero new cases, the Philippines is breaking records on single-day rise of cases .
It was only on March 9, or over a month after the first confirmed case, when the IATF discussed internal measures to shield the domestic population – class suspensions, ban on mass gatherings, and encouraging work-from-home arrangements. The country had 24 cases by then. The department’s issuances would not be clearly understood and acted upon by both national and local governments during the critical window in February when cases remained low, former health secretary Manuel Dayrit pointed out. Dayrit had led the DOH in the control of SARS in 2003.
While lawmakers called on the DOH to recommend a travel ban as a “prudent” decision, Health Secretary Franciso Duque III argued before Congress on January 31 it would beto single out China when other countries reported cases of the coronavirus. Instead, he said, they would “commit to take this into consideration.”
The RITM was spread thin even further as it was tasked on February 7 to train other laboratory personnel and aid in accrediting new labs across the country. The burden would only be shared by the University of the Philippines National Health Institutes two months later on April 16, according to a DOH circular.
piaranada sofiatomacruz He does not deserve to be president hindi nya Kaya ang responsibilidad. Akala ng marami ito ang sagot sa problema ng bansa. So ito ang napala natin. Hwag padala sa daldal. Tsismis lng alam nito.
piaranada sofiatomacruz The worst and divisive President!
piaranada sofiatomacruz Ay TANGA lang
piaranada sofiatomacruz decisive? baka naman DIVISIVE.
piaranada sofiatomacruz Duterte's fondness of China has f*cked most Filipinos bigtime. Sad but true
piaranada sofiatomacruz the worst president, e kala nila matino ang davao at walang droga.... kaya pala takot ang reporters doon
piaranada sofiatomacruz The only favour this guy should to this country is to put a bullet in his own head asap.
piaranada sofiatomacruz Getting weaker and weaker
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