(SunStar) (UPDATED) With the detection of the first local cases of the Delta variant, the government went on emergency mode and activated the second half of a four-door strategy to ensure that measures are in place nationwide to address and immediately contain a possible surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases.
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19, said Friday, July 16, 2021, that the country is “well-prepared” for a possible surge in infections such as what happened in India and Indonesia.
Galvez said hospitals have been given funds to stock up on medicines, modular hospitals with at least 110 beds each have been constructed, a mega hospital with 336 beds has been built in Metro Manila, and the One Hospital Command has been activated.
The plan now is to set up a command center at the PICC to put all task forces related to pandemic response under one roof.
He also said the 3.2 million doses of the single-dose Janssen (J&J) viral vector vaccine that are expected to arrive on Monday will go to so-called “areas of interest” such as Northern Mindanao, National Capital Region and Western Visayas… Read More
