disease and then they’ll compare it with Covid-19 deaths. They don’t notice that it is one year worth of data, and Covid-19 hasn’t been around for a year, Covid-19 data are fairly new, so there are improper comparisons influence people to ignore the severity of Covid-19), Bandoy added. Citing the impact of the disease on the American healthcare system, Bandoy reiterated that Covid-19 is a deadly disease.
Bandoy also warned the public against wrong computation of Covid-19 recovery rate circulating in the social media. “May nag-call ng attention ko na may nagshe-share ng recovery rate. So, unang-una po pabayaan natin sa mga may valid na training dito, ‘yung mga epidemiologist na nakakaintindi (Someone called my attention about this recovery rate being shared. Firstly, leave this to those who had proper training, the epidemiologists),” he said. He added that sharing the computation of Covid-19 recovery rate by persons who do not have proper training would lead to confusion.
“Makikita po natin iyan sa America na napupuno po ang mga ospital, America na po ‘yun, mas lalo po kung medyo limitado ang ating healthcare capacity dito sa Pilipinas (Hospitals in America are full because To date, there are 68,898 confirmed of Covid-19, what more if we have limited healthcare capacity here in the Covid-19 cases, with 23,072 recoveries and 1,835 deaths nationwide. (PNA) Philippines),” he said.
Locally-made Covid-19 test kit okay for commercial use: DOH By Ma. Teresa Montemayor
The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday said GenAmplify version 2, a locally-made reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test kit is now ready for commercial use. “After several months of collaboration, we are proud to say, GenAmplify version 2, the country’s very own PT-PCR test kit, is finally ready for commercial use,” the DOH said in a statement.
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Tek team for their “commitment to excellence and safety, as they worked closely with our independent laboratory expert panel in addressing key issues of version 1 of GenAmplify.”
Earlier, Department of Science DOH lauded the Manila Health and Technology (DOST) Secretary
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