Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Friday slammed pronouncements that Cebu City could be moving close to the"endemic stage" of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying such careless remarks could lead to complacency.
But Vergeire stressed that it takes three to five years of intensive evaluation alongside the World Health Organization before a disease can be classified as endemic. She added an area needs to be observed for years and swab tests need to be taken from the general population. [Translation: There are criteria being used before a disease can be called endemic in an area. We cannot say it is already an endemic disease just because cases are going down.]
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