February 03, 2021
THE SITUATION. Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia in a span of four days publicized two complaints involving the campaign against Covid-19:
[1] Last January 29, the governor corrected Octa Research Group's assessment of the health crisis in Cebu, which tagged the island in its January 28 report "an area of serious concern," predicting that unless the trend is contained, the number of positive cases would hit 400 this week and next week. She disputed Octa figures, showing the figures -- minus the numbers from Cebu City and two other cities -- to show that the province still had low positivity rate and adequate preparedness to cope with any increase.