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(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
“We’ve coordinated with RITM (Research Institute for Tropical Medicine) and according to RITM sa ngayon wala pa sila nakikitang bagong strain na meron tayo dito sa ating bansa based on their monitoring (the RITM said they have not seen any new strain in the country based on their monitoring),” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said during an online media forum.
“But of course we will be furthering this monitoring, kailangan natin mapaigting para kung meron man ganyan sa bansa ma-identify natin (we need to intensify our monitoring to identify it),” Vergeire added.
A total of 1,721 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines were reported Monday, pushing the nationwide case count to 461, 505, the DOH said.
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Vice-President Leni Robredo (OVP / Facebook / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Speaking in Kaya Natin’s webinar, Robredo noted that “data is the bedrock of sound decision-making,” especially in public health.
“A data-driven orientation does not just allow us to work better it also pulls us closer together. Because data are not just collections of numbers; they provide clarity, a piece of the world that can be relied on, a way to make sense of things,” she said.
When the data is clear, “we are sure of what we are doing.”
“They provide a common baseline of experience that can unite us, sending the message that here is the truth; we are in this together. This is what allows us to come together to work towards a shared horizon,” Robredo added.
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