MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said that Metro Manila is still classified as “high-risk” due to a continuing surge in COVID-19 cases.
In an online press briefing, DOH Epidemiology Bureau director Dr. Alethea de Guzman said that the country’s COVID-19 cases are still “increasing at a fast rate.”
“Yung nakita last week, yung peak natin nitong nakaraang linggo ay humigit na nga po doon sa peak last year, first week of August of 2020,” de Guzman said.
(What we saw last week, the surge in numbers, actually exceeded last year’s peak, during the first week of August 2020.)
Last week, the country has seen a consecutive rise in new COVID-19 case…
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