DUTERTE ADMIN PRODDED TO SPEED UP COVID-19 MASS TESTING AMID EXTENDED LOCKDOWN yoshelelrabola-Reporter / Gabrielle INQINQUIRER.net/09:51 PM May 12. 2020 NANA Thement should take advantage of the latest extension of the COWD-19 locidow over the National Capital Regies in and other areas by dwup is mass test procedures Thow the call of the Bang Abansane Makabayan (Bayan, stressing that the Duterte administration should "rectity serious the tinguts the pandem "Sovernment shokt sep up mass testing not just in terms of the total number of tests but more so in terms of the concentration or focus of the tests, the areas that have a high incidence of COVID 19. Bayan secretary general Renate Reves said in a statement endere we the reason why another extension is now being imposed. The government must also rectify these serious shortcoming towards the event of the ECQ" he added. The national government on Tuesday extended the enhanced community quarenture (ca)-albeit modihed - NCR, Cebu Cky, and una province at May 31 ss these areas are still considered high-ruk for COVID-19 transmission, and placed dozens of provinces dd to have moderate for virus spread under the general community quarantine (GCQ) from May 16. Mew the government is set to remove quarante measures in areas considered "lowisk" for COVO-19 transmission by May 16 Revesses the government must still ensure that he measures are in place and personal protective equipment like face masks must vale cross the country and loosened quarantine classications "Thing of the 100 and the transion to Go in many provinces still necessitates timely health interventions as the population prepares to return to she explained "The heart of the workforce must be ensured. Facemasks should be made tree. Employers should shoulder the cost of mass testing of the workfoce Taratation, which was already lacking even before the ECO should be made available for the workforce," he added. da pokesperson Harry Roque previously admitted that the government missed out on its Apr 30 goal of having 8,000 tests per day but she said that they hooke by crook, the country w do the COMID-19 test of 30,000 a day by end of May. Calls for the et te orpoatly move to adopt policy on mass testing started in March Department of pealth (DON) data on May 10 showed that 173.35 individuals have been tested for possible coronavirus infection by ar testing sites. WIS002 ially testing positive. Add the quarantinions, DON has admated that they have yet to control the spread of the novel coronavirus or SARSO which causes respiratoryness coVD-19. reminding people to stil observe health protocols to avert mais infections. A of Thessay. Do sad the Philippines has 11 350 SARS-CoV infections as well as 751 deaths and 2,106 recoveries from COVID-19.
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