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The OCTA Research Team urged national and local governments on Friday, April 23, to intensify and expand testing, tracing, and isolation of coronavirus disease (COVID) cases to reverse the increase in community transmissions, and eventually shift to less strict restrictions in Metro Manila. OCTA...

More than available beds for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, the lack of nurses to man hospitals is one of the main reasons why hospitals in Metro Manila are getting overwhelmed, molecular biologist-priest Nicanor Austriaco said on Friday, April 23. Austriaco, a research fellow of OCTA,...

The OCTA Research Team sees the new COVID variants as the reason for the spike in cases in Metro Manila and several parts of the country. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said his group saw a rapid increase in Metro Manila’s reproduction rate (R0) which is...