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COVID-19 in Metro Manila might reach peak in mid-late May: analyst

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qnmo_ErFk-k?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>MANILA - The COVID-19 pandemic will reach its peak in Metro Manila in mid to late May, an official of the University of the Philippines&#x27; Response Team said Wednesday.The group launched <a href="https://endcov.ph/">ENDCOV.ph</a>, a real-time dashboard of virus cases in the Philippines, which produces the pandemic&#x27;s curves and computes the virus&#x27; reproductive number in an area, according to Teodoro Herbosa, co-lead of the UP COVID-19 Response Team.&quot;For Metro Manila, it seems we’re nearing the peak. I think it will be mid-May or late May we’ll be actually peak and start to go down in terms of numbers. The numbers are plateauing based on new cases,&quot; he told ANC.&quot;The confirmed cases may increase because of the number of testing centers. I’m more relying on the new cases reported.&quot;Herbosa, however, said the country&#x27;s capacity for testing was still not enough to determine the pandemic&#x27;s peak.&quot;That’s the other thing the statisticians are saying, we can’t give correct predictions because our testing is too low,&quot; he said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/28/20/daily-coronavirus-tests-in-philippines-exceed-6000-mark">Daily coronavirus tests in Philippines exceed 6,000-mark</a></li></ul>The tool, which has been endorsed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, will aid local officials in deciding on quarantine measures, Herbosa said.&quot;It’s syndromic, it’s real-time, it allows a local chief executive to decide whether to lock down a sitio, barangay,&quot; he said.&quot;If you use the current (Department of Health) epidemiologic survey there’s a lag time, the reports we’re seeing are actually a week ago. By that time, the virus has already spread.&quot;Local disaster offices are tasked to input and validate the data in the dashboard, according to Herbosa.&quot;If you put in inaccurate reporting, of course the projections and models might not be valid. The responsibility is passed on to the one reporting the data,&quot; he said.As of Tuesday, the Philippines has recorded 7,958 COVID-19 cases, with 975 recoveries and 530 deaths.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/28/20/daily-coronavirus-tests-in-philippines-exceed-6000-mark">Daily coronavirus tests in Philippines exceed 6,000-mark</a></li></ul>

The COVID-19 pandemic will reach its peak in mid to late May, an official of the University of the Philippines' Response Team said Wednesday.

The COVID-19 pandemic will reach its peak in mid to late May, an official of the University of the Philippines' Response Team said Wednesday.