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Undersecretary of Health Rosario Vergeire. FILE PHOTO OF INVESTIGATOR / EDWIN BACASMAS
MANILA, Philippines – Metro Manila should see a reduction in the clustering of cases and further decongestion of hospitals to switch under the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday.
The Undersecretary of Health, María Rosario Vergeire, explained that although Metro Manila has presented a “decreasing trend” in cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and an improvement in the capacity of its health system, the imposition of GCQ is extended since some areas of the region still register clusters. of infections.
“So that’s one. If we can reduce the number of this clustering of cases and we can see that there is a decreasing trend of clustering in these specific areas, then we can say that maybe we can switch to MGCQ, “he said in an interview with ABS-CBN news channel.
“Another would be the capacity of the health system. Although we were able to decongest our hospitals, we were able to reduce our critical care utilization to less than 60 percent from 81 percent in the danger zone, ”he added.
Vergeire said there should be more decongestion of the hospitals in Metro Manila so that the facilities are ready in case there is another increase in the number of cases.
He noted that the government also does not want to be complacent despite the declining trend of COVID-19 cases in the region.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III previously announced that Metro Manila, Batangas, Tacloban City, Bacolod City, Iligan City and Iloilo City will remain under GCQ until the end of October.
Meanwhile, Lanao del Sur, including the city of Marawi, will be under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine, while the rest of the country will be under MGCQ for the duration.
The new quarantine settings were announced as the DOH recorded a total of 307,288 COVID-19 cases with 3,073 new infections added to the tally on Monday. Of the last count, 49,242 are active cases, 252,665 are recoveries, and 5,284 are deaths.
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