JUST IN, DOH (Department of Health) records more 32 cases of COVID1-19 now the toll goes up to 262 in the Philippines.
According to health undersecretary Marie Rosario Vergeire confirmed the reports through DZMM 630 radio patrol, she does not disclosed the latest number of deaths and recovered as of March 21, 2020.
Last Friday 18 recorded death and 8 fully recovered due to corona virus.
DOH recently order the mass production of testing kits to be distributed to different hospital in the country with numerous number of PUI and PUM to fast detection leads to faster solution to the problem.
19 Laboratories are opened and more work forced had been procured, luckily due to the efforts of the department they already produced almost 100,000 testing kits added by medical apparatus and supplies from China.
As of now Vergeire is now acting on behalf of Sec. Duque because the Health Secretary is on quarantine and took up a test to know is he is positive or negative to the virus.
Metro Manila still on lock down and people are hoping that this crisis will end soon, rest assure the government is doing its best to ease the problem, but you must also do your part as you give your full support and cooperation to the mandates of the national government.