MANILA, Philippines — Senator Richard Gordon on Friday appealed for government to ramp up its contact tracing capabilities and raise daily COVID-19 tests to 90,000 in order to curb the surging coronavirus cases.
In a statement, Gordon saidfocusing on testing, tracing, and treating COVID-19 patients would ensure that the surge of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces are kept in check.
Gordon, who is also chairperson of the Philippine Red Cross, said government should also shoulder the proposed 90,000 COVID-19 tests so as not to dissuade the public from taking the tests.
“Unang-una, dapat bayaran ng gobyerno ang test ng lahat ng tao dahil kapag ginawa nila ‘…
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