DOH urges LGUs to isolate COVID-19 cases within 5 days
The Department of Health (DOH) urged local government units (LGUs) to reduce the time between detecting and isolating COVID-19 cases to five days.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said this could potentially lower infections by at least one-third, according to experts' estimates.
Currently, it takes about 6.3 days nationally and 7.11 days in Metro Manila to isolate a case after detection.
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