After a year of spikes and plateaus in the country’s ongoing COVID-19 tally, the Philippines appears to be headed towards an alarming uptick in terms of new infections. With over 5,400 additional cases, the daily positivity rate has reached the highest level in 7 months, thus renewing the focus on a coordinated response system to the virus.
Based on the experiences of other countries, research has shown that COVID-19 cases begin to noticeably drop upon vaccination reaching over 25% of a given population. So far, the country has deployed vaccines made by Sinovac (China) and AstraZeneca (UK), with other brands lined up for approval.
According to technology expert and app developer Ar…
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