{"id":260283,"date":"2020-07-03T01:08:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T05:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260283"},"modified":"2025-01-19T09:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T14:12:22","slug":"govt-aims-to-bring-down-ph-covid-19-positivity-rate-to-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/03\/govt-aims-to-bring-down-ph-covid-19-positivity-rate-to-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t aims to bring down PH Covid-19 positivity rate to 3%"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o on Friday (Oct. 11, 2019) (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The government aims to bring down further the positivity rate of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country as it ramps up response efforts to the health crisis, Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if you look at the positivity rate, we are now at the 6 percent positivity rate, probably\u00a0hanggang<\/em>\u00a0(up to) 7 (percent). Our goal is to bring down the rate to 3 or even 1 percent,\u2019\u2019 A\u00f1o said in a virtual press briefing.<\/p>\n

Compared to other countries, A\u00f1o noted that the country\u2019s performance in battling Covid-19 is good.<\/p>\n

A\u00f1o cited South Korea as having a positivity rate of 1 to 3 percent which \u201cmeans they are already winning\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

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“Look at the US (United States), 368 persons per one million population.\u00a0Sa atin<\/em>\u00a0(Ours), it is about 11 per one million population. In Brazil, it’s 127 (per one million), so you will see the difference,)” he added.<\/p>\n

He said with the community quarantine measures, the government has managed the severe and critical cases in the country.<\/p>\n

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“We are able to buy time to increase our testing capacities, build isolation facilities,\u00a0at tsaka yung mga<\/em>\u00a0(and those) healthcare capacities. (So) we are really–very very ready now to fight Covid-19 more than ever,” he added.<\/p>\n

A\u00f1o said the rise of Covid-19 cases in the country is expected because it means the number of people being tested for the virus is also increasing.<\/p>\n

He, however, admitted that \u201cno country can say that they are successful in fighting Covid-19\u2019\u2019 without the vaccine.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, A\u00f1o said he expects Cebu City to shift from the stringent enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to a more relaxed quarantine protocol after July 15.<\/p>\n

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He made the assessment after observing that the residents have followed the ECQ protocols which were enforced in the city for being the locality with the most Covid-19 cases in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe foresee\u00a0na magkakaroon ng<\/em>\u00a0(to have) changes in Cebu City and the province after July 15,\u2019\u2019 A\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n

He said that the deployment of more uniformed men from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is another factor that made residents adhere to quarantine rules.<\/p>\n

In his recent visit to the province, A\u00f1o said he had a series of dialogues with the local officials, private sector, hospital owners, and residents of Cebu province and Cebu City to synchronize the national government\u2019s thrust in combatting Covid-19 with the local stakeholders.<\/p>\n

He also went to the Cebu International Airport which is accommodating the returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from other countries where quarantine protocols have been set up.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I can say that we are going in the right direction hopefully by July 15,\u00a0maka<\/em>-graduate\u00a0na ‘yung<\/em>\u00a0Cebu from ECQ (Cebu can already graduate from ECQ),\u2019\u2019 said A\u00f1o.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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