{"id":259015,"date":"2020-06-23T21:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T01:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=259015"},"modified":"2025-01-14T00:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T05:18:18","slug":"palace-to-public-lets-do-our-part-to-avoid-40k-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/23\/palace-to-public-lets-do-our-part-to-avoid-40k-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace to public: Let\u2019s do our part to avoid 40K Covid-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Passengers observe safe physical distancing while aboard a modern jeepney plying the Roces-Cubao (Diamond) route along Panay Avenue in Quezon City on Monday (June 22, 2020). (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday dared the public to help the government prevent from happening the prediction of researchers from the University of the Philippines (UP) that the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections in the country could rise by 40,000 by the end of June.<\/p>\n

In a virtual presser aired on state-run PTV-4, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque maintained that the further spread of Covid-19 could be prevented by heeding the government\u2019s call on all Filipinos to stay home, observe physical distancing, and practice regular hand washing and use of disinfectants.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenge,\u00a0mga kababayan<\/em>\u00a0(my countrymen), let us disprove the prediction of UP\u00a0na magiging\u00a0<\/em>40,000 (that it could reach 40,000),\u201d Roque said.\u00a0\u201cHuwag po sana nating payagan na umabot ng<\/em>\u00a040,000\u00a0pagtapos ng buwan ng Hunyo.<\/em>\u00a0Challenge\u00a0po iyan<\/em>\u00a0(Let\u2019s do our part to ensure that it would not reach 40,000 by the end of June. It\u2019s a challenge). I hope everyone will accept this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, the Philippines logged 630 more cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections to 30,682.<\/p>\n

About 467 of the 630 Covid-19 cases are \u201cfresh\u201d cases while the remaining 163 are \u201clate\u201d cases.<\/p>\n

The UP research team earlier warned that the total number of Covid-19 infections in the Philippines could reach 40,000 by the end of June.<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s projection was based on current trends in Covid-19 data in the country.<\/p>\n

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No new normal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roque expressed hope that the UP researchers\u2019 forecast would not happen.<\/p>\n

As part of the government\u2019s efforts to combat Covid-19, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has recalibrated the current parameters, which include the case doubling time and critical care utilization rate, for risk classification of areas in the country, he said.<\/p>\n

Roque noted that the quarantine classification in high-risk areas would be enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified ECQ (MECQ), while the general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified GCQ (MGCQ) would be implemented in moderate-risk areas.<\/p>\n

He said MECQ in high-risk areas and MGCQ in moderate-risk areas would be imposed if there are \u201cmodifiers\u201d — social, economic, and security factors; clustering of cases; health system capacity; and continuous trend or increasing or decreasing new cases, critical care utilization rate, and case doubling time.<\/p>\n

Roque noted that MGCQ would be implemented in low-risk areas.<\/p>\n

He said the recalibration of the current parameters means that there would be no \u201cnew normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roque, however, clarified that the IATF-EID\u2019s removal of the \u201cnew normal\u201d classification is \u201cnot permanent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWala munang<\/em>\u00a0\u2018new normal.\u2019\u00a0Ibig sabihin, lahat ng lugar sa Pilipinas, meron pa rin pong<\/em>\u00a0community quarantine.\u00a0Iyan po yung pinakapagbabago sa inaprubang<\/em>\u00a0parameters (For now, there is no \u2018new normal.\u2019 Meaning, all places in the Philippines are still under community quarantine.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s the latest development in the approved parameters),\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Avoiding a second wave<\/p>\n

Roque said the government is trying to avoid the possibility that there might be a second wave of Covid-19 infections in the country.<\/p>\n

He made the remarks as he noted that the country could not afford a new wave of Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIyan ang iniiwasan natin\u00a0<\/em>(That\u2019s what we are trying to avoid),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

He cited the need for public cooperation to stop the further transmission of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya mga kababayan, kinakailangan po natin ang kooperasyon ninyo<\/em> (To our fellow countrymen, we really need your cooperation),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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