MANILA, Philippines – It is speculative to claim that the Philippines is the possible epicenter of the 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in Southeast Asia, country controller Vince Dizon said Thursday, noting that the accumulation of cases is due. intensified efforts.
“Speculative” yun but ang masasabi ko, dumami na ang testing natin. Test in Southeast Asia during the day. Nasa halos 1.7 million swimming tests worldwide. Mahigit 1 million diyan is the NASA NCR (National Capital Region) lamang to tuluy-tuloy nating gagawin ito,” Dizon said at a press conference.
The Philippines reported 3,462 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, pushing the country to near outnumber Indonesia as the region’s most affected county.
On Thursday, Indonesia had a total number of COVID-19 cases out of 116,871, while the Philippines had 115,980.
But in terms of active cases, the Philippines has 47,587, more than 37,530 in Indonesia.
The two countries account for the majority of the more than 300,000 infections in Southeast Asia.
Dizon noted that the increase in the number of cases is only “normal” due to the improvement in the country’s detection capacity and the increase in contacts among the population due to the flexibilization of quarantine measures to reopen a pandemic economy.
“Habang tayo a nagtetest, talagang marami tajong makikitang positibo. Said.
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