PRESIDENT DUTERTE praised the government’s Covid-19 response and lauded the efforts of the Department of Health and other agencies, including the public that helped reduce the number of Covid-19 cases in the country.
“There is no telling that one of these days, another vicious virus will
visit the country or the world all over. At panibagong ano ito, it is far
different from what we have now. It would not be us who would face that problem
anymore but the incoming or whoever wins, dapat malaman nila ito na the good
practices of the Philippines,” he said.
Duterte cited a report by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on how
the country reduced the number of Covid-19 infections, saying that vaccination,
natural immunity, and adherence to the minimal public health standards have
contributed to the drop in the number of Covid-19 cases.
Compared to other nations in Southeast Asia, the Philippines has the
lowest daily new confirmed Covid-19 cases per million people at 8.82, according
Duque who said that Singapore has 3,000 plus per million population; Vietnam,
1,300; and Malaysia, 845.
Duque said the country’s mortality rate is also lower than the global
average of 2.04%, at 1.5%. Countries like the United States have far more
caseload than the Philippines considering it is far more advanced in terms of
military, science, and research and development.
The concept of a new normal, he said, will be accepting that the virus will persist and that people would have to learn to live with it. (Mark Navales and Malou Cablinda contributed to this report.)
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