DOH ready in case COVID-19 becomes pandemic – Duque

“So far, the way it is, our preparedness, readiness are adequate,” said Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.“Remember that the countries that have been affected by the COVID-19 are numbering about 37. How many countries are there in the world? You have 195 countries. I don’t think that the threshold has been reached to say that a pandemic is nearly happening,” said Duque.

“We are doing this at different levels. At the level of incident planning and management, in case there will be local transmission, we know what to do, just like what happened in the SARS-CoV in Alcala, Pangasinan, where the whole place was quarantined,” said Duque. “We are also leveling up capacities for our levels 2 and 3 hospitals jointly between the LGUs and the national retained DOH hospitals. We are actually given out the guidelines that will show the steps that will level up all the measures, including infection control and prevention,” he said.In a related development, Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said seven individuals who were repatriated from the M/V Diamond Princess cruise ship have shown symptoms of respiratory illness.

Ready is just a word relative to who’s thinking. Better if there is a list of concrete action plans for people to analyze whether DOH is truly ready.

They are more prepared now having experienced how to contain the virus. Thank you and Congratulations to you DOH and same to DFA. You showed how to care for Filipinos in this trying times.

Is it not yet considered a pandemic at this point with 70k+ infected people in various regions of the world? 🙄

magiging pandemic siya sa katangahan at kabagalan umaksyon ng IATF

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