Public questions Health secretary’s statement that country is now at second wave of COVID-19 outbreak
Public questions Health secretary’s statement that country is now at second wave of COVID-19 outbreak
By Agatha Hazel Rabino
ManilaToday.net
On May 20, Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the Philippines is experiencing the “second wave” of COVID-19 transmission as cases breached the 13,000 mark today (May 20).
Duque noted that they consider the first three cases of COVID-19 in January–all foreigners from Wuhan who traveled to the Philippines–as the first wave.
“Actually nasa second wave tayo. ‘Yung first wave nag-umpisa, batay po sa ating mga batikang epidemiologist, na ang first wave natin happened sometime in January—noong nagkaroon po tayo ng tatlong kaso ng mga Chinese nationals from Wuhan,” he said.
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