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Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is confident that the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) curve will flatten this month, citing the new campaign plan developed by the Covid-19 National Task Force in charge of the response. to the pandemic.
In a message to reporters, Lorenzana said that strictly implementing health protocols and sticking to the campaign plan will help reduce the number of Covid-19 cases.
The virus has infected more than 200,000 Filipinos and has dramatically slowed economic growth.
The campaign plan is called PDITR: protect, detect, isolate, treat and reintegrate.
“Yes, we can,” Lorenzana said Tuesday night when asked if the country could flatten the curve this month. She made the guarantee to New Zealand’s ambassador, Peter Kell, during their virtual meeting on August 27.
Lorenzana and Kell were supposed to meet last March, but were unable to do so due to the imposition of the enhanced community quarantine.
In a report relayed by the Defense department to journalists, Lorenzana praised New Zealand’s proactive measures in response to monitoring and controlling Covid cases in the Oceanian country.
According to the Department of Defense, the New Zealand government has provided $ 1.5 million in assistance for people affected by Covid-19 in Mindanao and contributed funds to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute and the Disaster Resilience Foundation of Philippines to support 15 local government units in response to the pandemic.
Lorenzana also said that the task force disseminated its campaign plan to companies, their regional counterparts and all local government units.
“If everyone follows this plan, we will not only flatten the curve, but we will reduce it,” he said.
