MAKATI CITY, (29 October 2020) — National Task Force against COVID-19 (NTF COVID-19) Chief Implementer Carlito G. Galvez Jr. commended the local government of Makati for being able to lower the city’s active cases by 4.2% after it experienced a surge in infections.
“Nakita niyo na ang active cases natin dati napakataas — more or less 2,000. Pero ngayon napababa natin ng 340. Yung Makati po ngayon ay 4.2% na lang po ang active cases. ‘Pag po below 5% puedeng maging manageable na po ang cases natin,” Galvez said during the turn-over of a recently-completed We Heal as One Center quarantine facility on Thursday.
“Ang ating recovery rate ay mataas din. Nanduon po tayo sa 92.10%, compared sa national na only 89%. Ibig sabihin, ang response na ginagawa po natin ay maganda. At sa pagkakaruon ng quarantine facility na ‘to ay nakikita ko po ang mas lalong pagbaba ng ating mga kaso,” he added.
Meanwhile, Makati City Mayor Mar-len Abigail Binay-Campos encouraged the public to look beyond the numbers and consider what the national and city government is doing to scale up the city’s isolation capacity.
“Let us look beyond the numbers. Mas tingnan po natin..HIndi kaya ganito ay dahil sa pasilidad natin? Nade-deny ba ang mga pangangailangan ng mga pasyente natin na may COVID? ‘Yun po ang pamantayan,” she said.
The PHP 17.8 million isolation facility has 44 air-conditioned rooms with complete amenities, a nursing station for healthcare professionals, and an X-ray laboratory.
