DOH ramps up testing, tracing in Pasay amid spike

The Department of Health (DOH) has ramped up testing, tracing, and isolation measures in Pasay City following a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Health authorities met with Pasay officials to address the city's case increase, deploying 100 additional contact tracers and increasing testing capacity.

DOH is also collecting samples from Pasay for genome sequencing to determine if variants are contributing to the rapid rise in cases.

The Pasay City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) reported that 66 percent of active cases belong within the same household, indicating higher transmission rates within families compared to previous trends.