Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano credited their effective containment protocols that include prevention and detection strategies in containing the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city.
Rubiano said the prevent-detect-isolate-treat-reintegrate (PDITR) system they are doing has been very effective in stopping the spread of the virus in the city.
“Naging epektibo po ang aming ipinatutupad na PDITR, kaya naman po kung dati ay umaabot ng 190 plus an average daily cases naming ngayon po ay double digit na lamang ang kaso naming kada araw, “ (The PDITR we are implementing is very effective, before we are reaching 190 plus cases daily but now it is only a double digit), Rubiano said.
The mayor also pointed out that the rules being implemented in the city are based on the guidelines of the Inter-Agency Task Force.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos recently lauded Pasay City for itsa response to the surge of COVID-19 and hoped other cities in the metropolis could replicate the measures.
Abalos in his report to President Duterte said it took Rubiano a month to bring down the number of infections in the city after the South African variant was detected and led to a spike in cases in early March.
Rubiano immediately acted decisively and placed two barangays under total lockdown and 136 barangays and areas under granular lockdowns before implementing the PDTIR strategy.