Roque defends PH COVID response citing global data
Malacañang defended the government's response to the pandemic on Wednesday.
Spokesperson Harry Roque cited global data showing that the Philippines ranks third in terms of tests per million population and second among ASEAN countries for total tests conducted, with over 10.4 million tests as of April 5.
Roque noted the weekly average of 52,565 tests from April 4-10, reaching a high of 63,839 on April 8.
He also highlighted improvements to StaySafe.PH for digital contact tracing and the addition of around 27,672 contact tracers in the NCR Plus Bubble.
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