MANILA, Philippines — Some 2,000 hospital beds are needed for severe and critical COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the chief implementer of the National Task Force against COVID-19, said Monday during the pre-recorded briefing of President Rodrigo Duterte.
This is because there are 100,000 active COVID-19 cases in the region, 2% of which are severe and critical cases, he said.
Currently, Metro Manila has 1,395 intensive care unit beds and would need 605 more.
According to Galvez, about P9.577 billion in payments made by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to hospitals in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and Calabarzon would hel…
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