MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine Department of Health vowed Sunday to update its game plan against COVID-19 within a week and sought out fitness personnel in the capital, Manila, where medical fronts are calling for the resumption of strict closures.
The Southeast Asian country reported 4963 more coronavirus infections on Saturday, the largest jump on a day recorded, bringing its total number of cases shown to 98232, while its death toll increased to 2039.
It has the highest number of infections and deaths from coronavirus with COVID-19 in the region, Indonesia.
In the biggest call to involve the virus to date, 80 teams representing 80,000 doctors and a million nurses said Saturday that the Philippines was wasted the fight opposed to the disease and warned of a collapse in the fitness formula over the outbreak of infections without further tightening. Controls.
In a broadcast after an unscheduled assembly Saturday night from the government organization administering the coronavirus to address the considerations of doctors and nurses, the Department of Health said it would propose an updated COVID-19 strategy within seven days.
He called on provincial staff and returning health personnel to help the front-line workforce in the capital, and enlisted the help of universities and medical teams to hire more doctors, nurses and other medical staff.
The government seems reluctant to revive strict movement restrictions in the capital, saying there are other tactics for spreading the disease.
However, the Department of Health said it supported the call of fitness workers for a “waiting period” and “would proactively direct the implementation of localized blockades.”
“The war is not over and may not be for long,” the branch said in a statement. But “we will put all our efforts into a combination to oppose the trend.”
(Report through Enrico Dela Cruz; Editing through William Mallard)
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