MANILA, Philippines – The novel coronavirus outbreak is worsening in the Philippines. From just 6 cases on March 7, thein the country, where medical supplies and protective gear for health workers were dwindling by the hour.to help stop the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by 2019-nCoV.
But this isn’t the first outbreak faced by the Philippines. In 2002 to 2003, the country faced the threat of SARS or the severe acute respiratory disease. Unlike COVID-19, SARS was able to infect only 14 persons in the Philippines, making it the lowest count among the 30 countries affected by the disease.Dr Manuel Dayrit, then the secretary of the Department of Health
. He helped build the infrastructure the government is supposed to be implementing now that another disease, COVID-19, is spreading in the Philippines. What lessons from the SARS outbreak can the Duterte administration apply now in containing the spread of COVID-19? How can the government improve its response to the new disease – from testing suspected cases to relaying information to the public?sits down with Dr Dayrit via a Skype interview on Tuesday, March 17, at 2 pm, to answer your most burning questions on how to contain outbreaks. –
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