THE Department of Health (DOH) does not expect the strict lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Metro Manila, where the number of active cases daily could rise to 18,000 and up to 30,000 by September, but it will give authorities time to prepare for a possible surge.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Saturday that the figures were estimates made by experts from the Autumn Group and a team that employed the Feasibility Analysis of Syndromic Surveillance using Spatio-Temporal Epidemiological Modeler For Early Detection of Diseases, or Fassster system.