MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported a slowdown in the COVID-19 incidence among healthcare workers in the country since April 11.
To date, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 among healthcare workers is at 2,369.
The number of recoveries is at 1,220 while medical professionals who succumbed to the disease tally at 31.
Nonetheless, the DOH is relieved that in the previous week, no healthcare worker contracted the virus.
According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, this development is evidence that chances of recovery from COVID-19 is high.
Likewise, no active cases of COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers remain in critical condition.
“Malaking tulong ang strict enforcement of infection prevention and control measures sa ating mga ospital sa pagsisiguro ng kaligtasan ng ating mga frontliners (Stirct enforcement of infection prevention and control measures in our hospitals helped a lot in ensuring the safety of our frontliners),” Vergeire said.
Healthcare workers are among the priority sectors in COVID-19 testing because of the nature of their job where the risk of infection is high. MNP (with reports from Aiko Miguel)
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