Harry Roque Says PH Has “Best Testing Policy In The Whole Of Asia”

Best in Asia? Harry Roque gives 85% grade as to how the country responded to beat COVID-19.

HARRY ROQUE – Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that the country has the best testing policy in Asia if not the whole world.

According to September 15 update from the Department of Health (DOH), the total number of COVID-19 cases is now at 269,407. This is where 21.3% or 57,392 are active cases, 77.0% or 207,352 have recovered, and 1.7% or 4,663 have died.

Harry Roque

With this, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque says that the country have done good in responding to beat the pandemic and he would give it a grade of 85%. And for having the best testing policy in Asia, it is accordingly our biggest strength.

In an online press briefing on Tuesday, Roque stated, “We clearly have the best testing policy in the whole of Asia and probably in the whole world because we have exceeded three million  [tests] and as a percentage of total population.”

The Philippines has just marked its sixth month of quarantine being the strictest and the longest quarantine period in the world. The country has 122 accredited laboratories nationwide that have conducted 3.04 million tests on 2.9 million individuals.

Harry Roque

“I think we will have the highest number of testing, one of the highest in the whole world. That’s clearly our biggest strength,” he added as per ABS-CBN report. Carlito Galvez, the Chief implementer of the government’s national policy on Covid-19 expects improvement to country’s testing capacity for 102 more laboratories have applied license to test Covid-19 samples.   

Roque also cited the country’s low COVID-19 mortality rate which makes him give the country a high grade when asked over his assessment as to how the government addressed the pandemic.

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