Thread by @lenirobredo

Happy Easter, everyone. Some suggestions on the announced PDITR scheme from yesterday's presscon:

1. PREVENTION

a. To ensure its effectiveness, extension of the ECQ must be accompanied by clear, verifiable objectives and time bound scorecards.

1. PREVENTION — b. Budget for ayuda, and its effective and fair deployment, will make people be more willing to comply with lockdowns. Kasi the only reason na nagpipilit silang lumabas is wala silang makakain pag di sila nagtrabaho.

1. PREVENTION — c. Efficient border control to contain the virus. Issue and disseminate a comprehensive list of essential goods to inform the public what can and cannot be delivered, and lessen traffic in checkpoints. Fast lanes, too, in checkpoints for faster deliveries.

2. TESTING

a. Aside from just testing those with symptoms or being contact traced, do mass testing in areas where transmission is very high. Target testing numbers according to active cases per capita. Support LGUs without enough funds to conduct testing of this magnitude.

2. TESTING — b. Incentivize people to have themselves tested.

c. Use antigen testing to complement RT PCR, so that results are immediate and contact tracing can be done immediately. RT PCR for confirmatory testing of those who tested negative but with symptoms and exposure.

2. TESTING — d. Number of tests to be conducted should be aimed at reducing positivity rate to less than 5%. As of April 2, we would need a minimum of 191,491 unique individual tests per day, ...

... according to the 7-day average of testing data, to lower the positivity rate to 5%. This assumes that everyone tested will turn out negative – which is almost impossible. This number may serve as a minimum target to reach in terms of testing.

2. TESTING — e. Make sure that we have mobile testing sites aside from stationary ones so that testing is accessible to all. These mobile testing sites may be deployed to areas where positive individuals are concentrated...

... They will allow residents of that area to be tested without going far from their residences and lessening the risk of exposure to others. We're running our Swab Cab pilots-- baka puwedeng gawing model kung gustong i-scale up ng gobyerno.

f. Free testing.

3. TRACING

a. Utilize BHERTs to do immediate contact tracing once antigen test results become available.

b. Do immediate antigen testing to those who were contact traced.

3. TRACING — c. Use Staysafe app or whatever is the standard app to unify or centralize contact tracing. All LGUs that already have different contact tracing apps should be connected to Staysafe.

d. Have a centralized repository of contact tracing data.

3. TRACING — e. Set goals. Before, Mayor Magalong said ideal is 1:37. I understand, currently, we’re just accomplishing 1:3, even less in NCR.

4. ISOLATION

a. Make sure that we have enough well-equipped, well-ventilated, comfortable isolation centers to handle those who will test positive with no capacity to self-isolate at home.

4. ISOLATION — b. For the vulnerable, make sure that there is support for the family when one is in isolation. Ito usually ang dahilan kung bakit may resistance sa isolation.

4. ISOLATION — c. For those with capacity to self isolate at home, make sure medical help is available - doctors to call, COVID kits, basic medical equipment in brgy health centers that they have immediate access to, ambulance available anytime that people don’t have to pay for.

5. TREATMENT

a. Site and hotline that would be available 24/7 for people needing hospitalizations, quarantine/isolation areas, etc. Updates should be real time.

b. Set up field hospitals strategically. Additional number of beds should be based on needs assessment.

5. TREATMENT— c. Hire more doctors, nurses, and other health personnel with compensation commensurate to their efforts and sacrifices.

d. If necessary, recruit from provinces with low transmission rates but offer attractive packages, fly them to Manila, give free accommodations.

5. TREATMENT — e. Stack up on the necessary medicines and medical equipment that are needed in treating Covid 19 patients.

6. REINTEGRATION

a. Vaccine rollout – more aggressive communications campaign to improve vaccine trust

b. Assist LGUs for more efficient vaccine rollout. Sana ma-expand at ma strengthen-- supply chain, logistics, etc. Private sector participation should be encouraged, maximized

6. REINTEGRATION — c. Aim for herd immunity by end of 2021. More than 70% of population vaccinated.

d. Ayuda for businesses, those who lost jobs, those who suddenly became underemployed, livelihood assistance, etc

7. WHAT INDIVIDUALS CAN DO

a. Huwag nang lumabas, please, unless absolutely necessary.

b. Kung lalabas: Face mask at face shield, hugas ng kamay. Physical distancing palagi.

c. Monitor your symptoms. Kung masama ang pakiramdam, mag-isolate muna.

7. WHAT INDIVIDUALS CAN DO — d. Kung may access sa testing, magpa-test.

e. Kung maaari, magpalista na sa bakuna ng LGU.

f. Iwasang kumain nang may kasabay.

7. WHAT INDIVIDUALS CAN DO — g. Kung may kailangan itakbo sa ospital tumawag muna sa One Hospital Command Center: 0919-977-3333, 0915-777-7777, 02 886 505 00

7. WHAT INDIVIDUALS CAN DO — h. Yung mga kaya nating maiambag para maisakatuparan ang suggestions sa itaas, kahit pa gaano kaliit, will be most welcome. Lahat na iba pang suggestions ay welcome din para mapag aralan.