More than 8,000 confirmed cases in the Philippines hit a record high, approves private companies to purchase vaccines

(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) More than 8,000 confirmed diagnoses in the Philippines on a day set a new record

　　China News Service, Manila, March 23 (Reporter Guan Xiangdong) At 4 pm local time on March 22, the Philippine Ministry of Health announced that there were 8,019 newly confirmed cases that day, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country in a single day since the outbreak of the new crown virus. Seven thousand cases have been diagnosed every day; 80,970 cases are in the course of the disease, the highest this year; 4 new deaths have been added, and the cumulative death toll has risen to 12,972.

　　Accelerating the speed of vaccination and testing, while ensuring that isolation and medical facilities are adequately used, is the direction of the Philippine's current efforts.

On March 22, local time, the Metro Manila region, the capital of the Philippines, implemented a complete community quarantine. Restaurants and cafes were once again banned, and only take-out and open-air dining were allowed.

The picture shows a well-known chain restaurant located in the Makati Greenbelt business district in the CBD of Manila prohibits dine-in, and customers wait for their meals in open-air dining spaces in accordance with the community isolation distance requirements.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Guan Xiangdong

　　On the same day, the Spokesperson of the President of the Philippines Harry Locke announced that the government has revised the Regulations of the Republic Act No. 11525 (IRR) "New Coronavirus Vaccination Act" to increase the number of private companies that allow private companies to reach tripartite agreements with national government departments and vaccine manufacturers. Under the premise, the Philippine Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authorization (EUA) vaccine clauses for its employees.

When the bill was passed on February 26, 2021, it stipulated that while national government departments strive for international assistance and purchase new crown vaccines, local government departments also have the right to cooperate with the Philippine Ministry of Health and the National Anti-epidemic Task Force through a tripartite agreement to purchase in the Philippines. Get the EUA vaccine.

So far, the Philippines has legally set up a framework for the national government, local governments, and private companies to work together to purchase vaccines, with a view to achieving the goal of vaccinating 70 million adults this year.

　　According to the Philippine News Agency, Carrito Galvez, the chief executive of the Philippine Working Group to Fight Coronavirus Disease, issued a statement that day that the government is continuously monitoring the development and mutation of the new crown epidemic and doing its utmost to deal with this health crisis; At the beginning of the outbreak, the Philippine's ability to respond has improved a lot.

　　In terms of testing and isolation, mobilize various forces to speed up the construction of testing laboratories nationwide, from 1 last year to 229 now, and currently perform more than 50,000 tests per day; rapidly build isolation treatment facilities, public works and roads The Ministry and the private sector have established 602 facilities in cooperation with the private sector, which can provide 22,352 isolation and temporary treatment beds; another 720 facilities are scheduled to be completed and delivered in April and will provide 26,099 beds; in addition, one can accommodate 110 beds The temporary hospital will also be completed.

　　In terms of contact tracing, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Local Government of the Philippines, with the assistance of the World Health Organization, is working to restore the ability to cooperate between government agencies to ensure that the tracing of second and third generation contacts is expanded nationwide.

　　In terms of COVID-19 treatment capabilities and support for health workers, the Ministry of Health of the Philippines has improved the level of care and treatment of COVID-19 patients, and provided medical workers with personal protective equipment kits and regularly tested them.

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