PH innovations in the Covid-19 fight

As we slowly move and open up to the “new normal,” science and technology is moving center stage in the global fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The Philippines, home to enterprising inventors and creative engineers, now sees tech-savvy Filipinos rising up to the Covid-19 challenge.

A major tipping point is that the “flattening of the curve” appears nowhere near the immediate horizon. The June 5 data from the Department of Health placed the total number of Covid-19 cases nationwide at 20,626. Deaths of confirmed cases add up to 987, while 4,330 recoveries have been reported.