Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III defended the decision of his department about ending the release of daily Covid-19 tallies on social media starting January 1 for them to show qualitative and situational reports on its website.
Duque assured the public that the decision would give the DOH the opportunity to give more analysis and situational reports on the daily Covid-19 tallies.
“Unang una hindi naman tama para sabihin na hindi na mag-uulat ang DOH ng kaso, pinag-isa lang ‘yung ating case bulletin at yung situational report, paro ito mas magiging qualitative ‘yung hindi lang puro numero,” Duque said in an interview with dzBB.
“Mahirap na puro numero lang ‘yung nilalabas natin kailangan mayroon ding storya sa likod ng mga numero para mas maganda analysis at mas maiintindihan ng taong bayan,” he added.
The DOH will be giving daily Covid-19 count updates via www.doh.gov.ph/covid19tracker every 4 p.m. starting January 1, 2022. Ronald Espartinez