MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has encouraged local government units (LGUs) anew to conduct active case finding for suspected COVID-19 patients after recording a decrease
According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, LGUs should actively find suspected cases of the disease in order to increase the number of tests and better determine if the Omicron variant is already present in the country.
“Ang kailangan nating ma-engganyo muli ay ang ating LGU at epidemiology and surveillance units na kailangan magkaroon tayo ulit ng active case finding, mahanap ‘yung mga taong may sintomas o nagiging exposed sa mga maysakit para ma-i-patest sila at tumaas pa uli ang ating laboratory outputs,” she added.
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