MAAARING dumami ang kaso ng COVID-19 dahil sa “deadlock” sa pagitan ng PhilHealth at Philippine Red Cross (PRC), ayon kay Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco.
“The issue has severely affected our testing capacity. With limited testing, our COVID cases could shoot up and we could lose all the gains we have achieved so far,” sentimyento ni Tiangco.
Nabatid na huminto ang PRC testing sa Navotas noong Oktubre 14.
Isang linggo bago ito, ang pang-araw-araw na average testing capacity ay 162 at bumaba ito ng 51% sa 84 ngayong linggo, patuloy ni Tiangco.
Iginiit ng alkalde ang halaga ng mass testing sa pagsupil sa pagdami ng kaso ng COVID-19.
“Last July, we reached 23% positivity rate after we ramped up our testing to 500 a day. This enabled us to give immediate medical attention to the affected residents and prevent further transmission of the virus,” sabi pa ni Tiangco.
“Mass testing, coupled with intensive contact tracing, isolation or treatment, is crucial in our fight against COVID-19. We hope for a speedy resolution to the PhilHealth-PRC issue so we could once again be all out in our efforts to end this pandemic,” dagdag ng punong-lungsod.
Hanggang Oktubre 20 ay naipasuri na ng Navotas ang 36,358 indibidwal o 13.6% ng populasyon nito. (ALAIN JAERO)
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