DTI, DOH chiefs issue opposing views on what's behind COVID-19 case surge

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Remember when the medical frontliners called for a timeout last year?

said that the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions contributed to the fresh coronavirus cases spike.

He added that the eased restriction was inevitable as the country needed to recover from its economic downturn last year. “Nag-luwag po tayo ng ating pong mga quarantines, ‘yon pong mga paghihigpit kasi nga no’ng dumaan ang Pasko, Bagong Taon, nakita naman po natin na mababa ang kaso natin, so nagluwag po tayo […] at binuksan din po natin ang malaking bahagi ng ekonomiya,” Duque said before.

“Nagdulot naman po ito ng increased mobility ng mga tao, at ‘yong increased mobility po ng mga tao, nagdulot din ng increased transmission, increased contact rate, kaya po nakita niyo exponential,” he added. Meanwhile, some Filipinos disagreed with Lopez and recalled that the Greater Manila Area, a month after July 2020, was placed under modified enhanced community quarantine.“Sorry to burst your bubble, but cases went through the roof in August, right after loosening protocols,” aMetro Manila was supposed to see an extension of general community quarantine during that period but healthcare workers called for a two-week timeout in the form of an ECQ due to the rise of COVID-19 cases.

 

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Both government officials are not expert epindemiologist but are serving as politicians. No wonder they are busy as commercial merchants to serve the lure of the executive branch headed by the scammy person from DAVAO !!

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