At a press briefing, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said they have been studying the factors that contributed to the rising trend of COVID-19 cases.
“There are many factors that we are studying. There are cases that came from the repatriates, or what we call the ‘imported.’ Others are from workers and the closed institutions,” she noted, referring to detention facilities and even the Metro Rail Transit Line 3.
But Vergeire revealed that they could no longer see the link of current infections to any positive case. This means that the infection is coming from everywhere.
“We call it ‘community transmission.’ Most of what’s happening right now is because of community transmission,” she added.
According to DOH, “this is precisely why everybody needs to religiously subscribe to our minimum public health standards.”
“It may sound repetitive but we will not stop reminding everyone to wear masks, observe physical distancing, sanitize. This is DOH’s call to everybody, whether you be in the private or public sector,” she said.
The DOH added by going out, a person is also exposing his loved ones to an “unseen enemy.”
This story is from the July 09, 2020 edition of The Philippine Star.
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