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No second wave of Covid-19
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cases in PH: DOH exec
By Ma. Teresa Montemayor
The country is not experiencing a second wave of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infections, a health official said Tuesday.
“We are not experiencing a second wave but an increase in the number of positive cases due to the increase in testing and because there is community transmission because of the lack of implementation of minimum health standards,” Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a virtual Covid-19 presser. “has been gradual and the country’s health system is able to cope with it”.
“This is reflected in our indicators, as of July 5, our case doubling time is still at 7.9 days. This means that it takes more than a week for the number of cases to double and we have enough resources to address the current need,” she added.
