Philippines' Robredo seeks improvement in testing, contact tracing amid second-highest jump in Covid-19 cases

The Philippines has the second-highest Covid-19 infection tally in South-East Asia. - Reuters

MANILA, Aug 15 (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The Philippines' Vice-President Leni Robredo on Sunday (Aug 15) called for an improvement in the country's testing and contact tracing efforts amid soaring Covid-19 cases.

"We always push to add more tests because if we don't, cases will continue to increase. There may be a lot of infected who are not tested," she said during a television interview.