MANILA, Philippines — The government should “recalibrate” its COVID-19 response following the continued surge in coronavirus infections despite placing the country on a yearlong lockdown. ADVERTISEMENT“We cannot copy what we have done last year, we need to improve on it,” Garin told reporters in an online interview. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, chair of the National Task Force Against COVID-19, said the enhanced community quarantine might be extended beyond April 4. “All options are open on the table of the IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases),” Lorenzana said in a television interview on Monday. Asked if the lockdown should be extended, Sotto said the COVID-19 task force should make an assessment after Good Friday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 29, 2021 20:48 UTC