“Tinatantsa na kailangan ng 130,000 to 160,000 tests per day, pero ang average lamang natin ay nasa 50,000 per day ,” Dr. Esperanza Cabral said during the “Talakayang Bayan Para sa Kalusugan” organized by 1Sambayan.
The country is conducting an average of over 55,000 COVID-19 tests per day, according to testing czar Vince Dizon.Cabral also urged the national government to boost contact tracing efforts and increase its current output to 15 to 37 persons per confirmed COVID-19 case.Contact tracing czar Benjamin Magalong said in a briefing that contact tracing continues to be the “weakest link” in the country’s COVID-19 response.
“Maraming maririnig tayo na hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa nila natatanggap ang ayuda galing sa Bayanihan 1. O kaya kung matanggap man nila, hindi ito nakakasapat ,” she lamented. The government is eyeing to inoculate around 70 million Filipinos, or around 70 percent of the country’s total population, for the Philippines to achieve herd immunity.
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