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<p><br/>Over 40 medical societies on Saturday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to heed their call to shift back Mega Manila to stricter lockdown measures from August 1 to 15, citing the need to recalibrate strategies against the highly contagious COVID-19 that has so infected 93,354 people in the country. </p><p>The medical groups said the country&#x27;s health care system is &quot;overwhelmed,&quot; citing a deficiency in the sector&#x27;s workforce, failures in case finding, isolation, contact tracing and quarantine measures, the need to ensure transportation and workplace safety before easing lockdown measures, and the public&#x27;s compliance with self-protection measures.</p><div><strong>Read their letter below: </strong></div><blockquote class="embedly-card"><h4><a href="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/08/01/159625483875948.pdf">null</a></h4><p>null</p></blockquote><script async="" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js" charSet="UTF-8" type="text/javascript"></script>

<p>Over 40 medical societies on Saturday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to heed their call to shift back Mega Manila to stricter lockdown measures from August 1 to 15, citing the need to recalibr</p>

Over 40 medical societies on Saturday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to heed their call to shift back Mega Manila to stricter lockdown measures from August 1 to 15, citing the need to recalibr