Senator Richard Gordon in an interview with TV host Karen Davila revealed that the Philippines has only tested .2% of its population for the COVID-19 virus. The senator who also at the same time the chairman of the Philippine Red Cross added that it is premature to say that the Philippines is now on a second wave of coronavirus cases.
Senator Gordon is reacting to the statement made by Secretary Francisco Duque who said that the country is already in the 2nd wave of COVID-19. Senator Gordon even warned warned “the worst is still to come”.
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Here is the interview:
AND…Sen Richard Gordon says per advise of WHO, we have to covid test 13% of the population, not 1 or 2%. @philredcross plans to test 1.6M people in NCR. That means for whole PH, we must test 14M people https://t.co/a99Aj53YsP
— Karen Davila (@iamkarendavila) May 21, 2020
(Photo source: Instagram – @sen.dick.pics)
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