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(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We are going to submit this week our own vaccine model. In a nutshell, what we are basically saying is this–let’s focus on the limited supply in NCR (National Capital Region). Let’s use risk-based approach, meaning healthcare workers, elderly, co-morbidities first,” OCTA Research fellow Prof. Ranjit Rye said in an ANC interview. “The added layer is that let’s start focusing on spaces that means the NCR, Calabarzon where the majority of the cases are. If we do this we might not achieve herd immunity but we will achieve a situation of de...

(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow Prof. Ranjit Rye said that while the government could have done more to stop the new surge of the disease, now is not the time for finger-pointing as COVID-19 cases are still high. “The surge is a big thing, there’s no going around it. We failed here, we could have done better. We could have saved more lives. This surge will cost us and continue to cost us lives. This could have been prevented, we could have done better. The thing is, right now, the focus for all of us is to come together, work together to reverse the surge. This is t...

By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published April 14, 2021 11:37am Updated April 14, 2021 12:29pm The "terrible" surge in COVID-19 cases that the Philippines is experiencing now could have been avoided if the government had acted sooner, an OCTA Research fellow said Wednesday. "I put a lot of blame on government. Number one, government should have closed down much earlier when we were at 1,000 [or] 2,000 cases," Professor Ranjit Rye said in an interview on ANC, adding that the surge was also a “collective failure.” Asked to assess President Rodrigo Duterte’s governance amid the he...

The COVID-19 fatality rate in the National Capital Region increased to 2.02% as of April 11, according to a report on “24 Oras Weekend” on Sunday.

(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) To curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), President Duterte has approved placing the National Capital Region (NCR) and the nearby provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal under ECQ from March 29 to April 4. “We strongly recommend that the national government prolong the ECQ in the NCR-plus bubble for the full two weeks. It is now clear that a one-week ECQ will not be sufficient to reverse the surge and the pressure on our hospital system,” OCTA said. OCTA Research fellow Ranjit Rye noted that if the reproduction number (R) does not drop...