Roque: ECQ was effective in curtailing the spread of COVID-19

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Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque claimed that the now lifted enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) “worked” in containing the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infection.

Roque said the country’s positivity rate declined from 13.4 percent in April to 7.5 percent as of late May. Positivity rate refers to the number of laboratory-confirmed tests that come back positive.

“Nagsimula tayo noong April, ay napakataas po ng positivity rate ‘no, 13.4 percent – April 12 – 13.4 percent at sa ngayon po as of May 24 ay nasa 6.5 percent na po tayo – so ibig sabihin, talagang gumana po ang ating ECQ (When we started in April 12, we had a very high positivity rate at 13.4 percent. Now, as of May 24, we are now at 6.5 percent–so this means the ECQ really worked),” Roque said.

According to Roque, the country’s health system capacity also improved amid the crisis.

On the other hand, national action plan on Covid-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. defended the shift to general community quarantine and it was not “accurate” to label it as “matira matibay (survival of the fittest).”

Hindi naman siguro tama yung ‘matira-matibay’ dahil kasi talagang tinitignan namin, pati nga kami nila DTI, kami umiikot kami ng mga… nila NCRPO (I think calling it ‘survival of the fittest’ is not right because we, along with the Department of Trade and Industry and National Capital Region Police Office, are regularly going around to check the situation),” he said.

As of May 31, there are 18,086 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country, with 3,909 recoveries and 957 deaths.

House committees to hold hearings during break

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Spread the loveMANILA – The House of Representatives has authorized for its committees to conduct hearings during the five-week congressional break, extending until late April.

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