‘Invest more in our healthcare system,’ says Bong Go

MANILA, Philippines --- "We should invest more in our healthcare system," Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go said on Monday in an ambush interview during the first regular session of the 19th Congress. He stressed the importance of improving the disease surveillance system noting that monkeypox, on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, had been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global health emergency. "We were hit by the pandemic. I remember we had a hearing in February [2020] when it was COVID-19 was reported in China. Our problem was it was able to get here. So we need to intensify our surveillance," Go said, speaking in a mix of Filipino and English. "With this monkey...

Keep on reading: ‘Invest more in our healthcare system,’ says Bong Go

from INQUIRER.net https://ift.tt/fybVPHt