“We’re not going to end the game, rather, we just have to find the fresh or new recruits into the system so that the efficiency of our healthcare workers will be there,” he added. President Rodrigo Duterte earlier heeded the call of medical frontliners to reimpose stricter quarantine measures in Metro Manila. Medical frontliners called for a “timeout” as COVID-19 cases in the country continue to surge. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1315204/medical-frontliners-to-govt-time-out-revert-metro-manila-back-to-ecqThey also urged refining pandemic control strategies and address urgent conditions such as hospital workforce efficiency, transportation safety, workplace safety, among others. DOH said it is tapping health workers from other regions to serve as a “substitution team” for those working in Metro Manila.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 06, 2020 02:48 UTC