PARAÑAQUE CITY, Oct. 1 (PIA) -- Compared to the past few months, there are now more vacant intensive care unit (ICU) beds that used to be occupied by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in hospitals in the National Capital Region (NCR), said the Metro Manila Council (MMC) chair on Wednesday.
During his Laging Handa public briefing interview, MMC Chair and Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the effective implementation of the "PIDTR" (Protection-Isolation-Detection-Treatment-Reintegration) strategy resulted to lower cases of COVID-19 (corona virus disease) in NCR (National Capital Region).
“Makikita po natin na bumaba na po yung occupancy ng ating mga critical care [faciliites] all over National Capital Region. May mga bakante na po tayo na mga ICU, hindi katulad po ng mga nakaraang panahaon, at weeks o months na punong puno na yung mga intensive care units,” said Olivarez.
According to Olivarez, the local governments in Metro Manila expanded their testing capacities, and went down to the barangays that accelerated the results of the tests.
The PIDTR, he said, includes a reintegration program designed for the COVID-19 recovered patients to assimilate back to the community.
Olivarez said the continuation of the unified curfew between 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. is an example of the NCR local government units' strategies that helped to further control the COVID-19 spread.
He added that local governments have also found science-based ways and means to open up the economy without compromising the health of the public.
He said should the number of coronavirus cases continue its downward trend, Metro Manila can probably relax its status from General Community Quarantine to a more lenient Modified General Community Quarantine by November. (PIA-NCR)
Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)
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