MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government is eyeing the testing of all patients under investigation (PUIs) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and frontliners in areas under extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) by the last day of quarantine on May 15. National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said this during the online meeting of the House’s Defeat COVID-19 Committee (DCC) Peace and Order Cluster. ADVERTISEMENT“On the red areas, those declared ECQ, we are planning to clear all the PUIs and suspected COVID cases and frontliners not later than 15 May 2020 so that the red areas can be evaluated to become orange or yellow areas,” Galvez said. “We are planning to conduct massive and expanded testing aggressively with the testing of all the PUIs, PUMs, and frontliners in NCR not later than May 2020,” Galvez said. As of April 28, there are 7,958 COVID-19 cases in the country, with the death toll at 530.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 28, 2020 09:19 UTC