{"id":250781,"date":"2020-04-01T18:54:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=250781"},"modified":"2020-04-01T18:54:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:54:47","slug":"govt-targets-less-covid-19-deaths-more-recoveries-nograles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/01\/govt-targets-less-covid-19-deaths-more-recoveries-nograles\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t targets less Covid-19 deaths, more recoveries: Nograles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a virtual presser aired on state-run PTV-4, Nograles also said the government would do its best to ensure the recovery of all Covid-19 patients. (File Photo by 🇨🇭 Claudio Schwarz | @purzlbaum\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The government is exhausting all efforts to reduce the number of deaths of people infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In a virtual presser aired on state-run PTV-4, Nograles also said the government would do its best to ensure the recovery of all Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n

He issued the statement as he agreed with the World Health Organization (WHO) that the Covid-19 epidemic in the Asia-Pacific region is \u201cfar from over.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTotoo po yun<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s true), it\u2019s not over yet,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we need to make sure\u00a0na i-minimize natin<\/em>\u00a0up to zero\u00a0\u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0deaths\u00a0at dadami<\/em>\u00a0and more recoveries\u00a0po ang makikita natin<\/em>\u00a0(So we need to make sure that we\u2019re able to minimize the deaths until there is zero death, and there should be more recoveries).\u201d<\/p>\n

WHO director for Western Pacific Takesi Kasai, in a virtual press conference on Tuesday, said countries from the Asia-Pacific region must brace for large-scale community transmission of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

To contain Covid-19 in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the island of Luzon under enhanced community quarantine until April 12.<\/p>\n

Kasai said the Philippine government should ensure that \u201cbasic lifelines are maintained\u201d to make the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine effective.<\/p>\n

He also said the Duterte administration should make \u201ccareful\u201d consideration of the epidemiological situation and impact of the lockdown when it decides to lift the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon.<\/p>\n

The possible lifting or extension of the month-long enhanced community quarantine in Luzon depends on the recommendation of the technical working group formed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n

Nograles said the government would continue to implement measures against Covid-19, until it succeeds in stopping the further transmission of the novel coronavirus in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to flatten the curve and manage lahat ng nangyayari sa ating bansa (everything that is happening in the country),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nograles also renewed his appeal for public cooperation to avoid the possibility that the Covid-19 cases in the Philippines could reach 75,000 by June, as earlier warned by WHO.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya ginagawa natin ang lahat ng mga hakbang na maaari nating gawin para hindi po tayo umabot sa puntong iyan<\/em>\u00a0(We\u2019re undertaking all the necessary measures to avoid the possibility that Covid-19 cases in the country may peak at 75,000),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reported 227 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, raising the total to 2,311.<\/p>\n

The DOH also said eight more patients died, bringing the death toll to 96 while recoveries increased to 50 after one more recovered from the disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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