Pababa nang pababa na ang hawaan ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sa Metro Manila matapos maitala ng OCTA Research Group ang mas mababa pa sa limang porsyentong positivity rate nito.
Sa isang virtual briefing, ipinaliwanag ni Dr. Guido David na sapat na ang isinagawa nilang pagsusuri laban sa COVID-19.
“Less than five percent means we are testing enough and it also means our positivity rate dropped all the way from 25 percent at the peak of the surge to five percent now, it means the lack of testing is no longer a big factor. In fact, we have enough testing right now. Every time there’s a surge, our testing capacity increases, but when the trend of cases decreases, our testing also decreases in accordance with lesser, fewer cases," pahayag nito.
"So it means we’re seeing an actual trend that the cases are actually decreasing. Our testings are decreasing because our cases are also decreasing,” dugtong nito.
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Nilinaw ni David, hindi lamang sa National Capital Region (NCR) naitatala ang pagbaba ng COVID-19 infections, kundi pati na rin sa iba pang rehiyon.
Ilang local government units (LGU) din aniya sa Metro Manila ang mayroong positive growth rate, gayunman, below one pa rin ang reproduction number sa lahat ng LGU.Kung pagbabatayan aniya ang datos, maaari nang magbukas ang mga negosyo sa Metro Manila.
“We are not seeing any variant threatening us right now, what we hear is this Delta Plus AY 4.2 which is in the UK and in Russia, it’s not here yet, besides it’s a lineage of the Delta variant, so our threats are few,” pahayag pa ni David.
Gabriela Baron
