MANILA, Philippines — A “surge in its early stages has already started” in Metro Manila ahead of the Christmas holiday, but it can still be mitigated, a group of academic experts said.
In its latest report dated December 21, the OCTA Research Team said that based on available data, the “period of the declining trend in cases observed in the National Capital Region in the past few months has now ended.”
“The trend has been reversed with significant positive growth in new cases observed in the region,” the OCTA Research Team said.
“It is in this light that we believe, based on our analysis of the data and of the past trends in the NCR, that a surge in its early stages has alread…
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