Manila, April 1 -- The National Task Force (NTF) created by the Duterte Administration to battle the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic is anchored on the "detect-isolate-treat" operational methodology, Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Wednesday.
"An infected person becomes a threat to the general public when he or she is mobile and not isolated, and becomes a carrier of the disease," said Galvez, a designated chief implementer of the National Action Plan (NAP) against Covid-19.
Galvez said the NTF has adopted a "carrier-centric" approach which aims to detect, isolate and treat Covid-19 patients so they can be cured of the disease and return to their communities as soon as possible.
"There is a need to determine...