Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque remarked that the breach of the seventy thousandth mark of total COVID-19 cases in the country this week was not “alarming” despite hospitals declaring full capacity for coronavirus wards. READ:
It was based on the assumption that the virus’ current reproduction number would remain and if government interventions will not significantly change.
Local news outlets took note of the spokesperson’s response about the breach of COVID-19 cases and presented it on social media which caught some Filipinos’ attention.The “not alarming” phrase reached the top trending list of local Twitter on Thursday morning as some Filipinos argued that Roque’s remarks were an “insult” to medical frontliners and workers who have lost their jobs amid the pandemic.
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