Question: C. Read the article. Then, identify the claim on the text and think about your assertion and counterclaim related to the text read. Write

C. Read the article. Then, identify the claim on the text and think about your assertion and counterclaim related to the text read. Write your answers on the table that follows, MANILA, Philippines Citing a 10% novel coronavirus test positivity rate, the Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) claimed the country has begun to "flatten the curve". Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire made this claim on Friday, May 8, even as the country's number of confirmed COVID 19 cases grew to 10,463 due to an additional 120 cases, and its testing capacity is far from the target. The DOH's basis was the country's new positivity rate-the percentage of people who test positive for COVID-19 out of the total number of persons tested. Source: Pla Ranada and Bonz Magsambol, "DOH claims PH is flattening curve' based on positivity rate", Rappler, last modified May 9,2020, https://www.rappler.com/nation/260313-doh-daims-philippines- fattening-curve-coronavirus-positivity-rate The claim about the text above: Your assertion about the text above: Your counterclaim about the text above:
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