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    The Philippine government took initial steps to address the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, including banning flights from China and convening an inter-agency task force. However, the virus continued to spread until an enhanced community quarantine was enforced in March 2020. Mass testing increased but the health system struggled with rising Covid cases. Healthcare workers faced difficult conditions and called for better support. Vaccine rollout began in March 2021, offering hope but also ongoing challenges in achieving population protection.

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    The Philippine government took initial steps to address the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, including banning flights from China and convening an inter-agency task force. However, the virus continued to spread until an enhanced community quarantine was enforced in March 2020. Mass testing increased but the health system struggled with rising Covid cases. Healthcare workers faced difficult conditions and called for better support. Vaccine rollout began in March 2021, offering hope but also ongoing challenges in achieving population protection.

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    The Philippine government took initial steps to address the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, including banning flights from China and convening an inter-agency task force. However, the virus continued to spread until an enhanced community quarantine was enforced in March 2020. Mass testing increased but the health system struggled with rising Covid cases. Healthcare workers faced difficult conditions and called for better support. Vaccine rollout began in March 2021, offering hope but also ongoing challenges in achieving population protection.

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    Government Response To The Pandemic

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    The Philippine government took initial steps to address the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, including banning flights from China and convening an inter-agency task force. However, the virus continued to spread until an enhanced community quarantine was enforced in March 2020. Mass testing increased but the health system struggled with rising Covid cases. Healthcare workers faced difficult conditions and called for better support. Vaccine rollout began in March 2021, offering hope but also ongoing challenges in achieving population protection.

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    Government response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

    The first suspected case of the corona virus in the Philippines was reported on January
    22, 2020. (Edrada EM, et al. 2020). Patient 1 is a 39 years old female tourist in the Philippines.
    Traveling with her is Patient 2, a 44 year old male. Patient 1 survived unfortunately Patient 2 did
    not. On the First of February, the first confirmed death due to Covid 19 outside China was
    recorded to be in the Philippines.

    On January 31, 2021 President Duterte announces the temporary ban of flights from
    China (CNN, 2020). The order was made public 1 week after the confirmation of the first corona
    virus in the Philippines. Moreover, after a month of report of the first case of Covid-19 infection,
    the Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Disease was convened on March
    9, 2020 (Lopez, GMA News, 2020). The task force headed by the Department of Health assured
    the public that the National Action Plan against Covid 19 will mitigate the impact of the
    Pandemic on Filipinos. From the beginning of the Pandemic, we can observe that the
    government lacks the urgency to control the spread of the virus. We can only hope that the
    Government only need a warm up to fight the virus. Considering that Covid-19 reached the
    Philippines, let us turn our attention on their program to contain the virus.

    Enhance community quarantine was enforced on March 16, 2020. I have never
    imagined that these scenarios were possible. Airports were closed because commercial flights
    were canceled. Schools and Universities were empty due to suspension of classes. Central
    business districts and markets were devoid of people since public transportation were
    prohibited. These are effect on people of the IATF’s plan to minimize the spread of the virus.
    The Government implemented the quarantine for two weeks. The People had listened moreover
    they followed. The plan was to limit the movement of everyone in order to minimize the spread
    of the virus. In relation to that plan, the government needed to account for the infected
    population. The IATF should conduct mass testing.

    The debates regarding mass testing were endless as well as the duration of the
    community quarantine. Fortunately, our capacity to test people is improving. Different testing
    sites sprung from different corners of the metro. While the public sector aims to test thousands
    of people daily, the private sector also contributes to achieve that goal. The purpose of mass
    testing is to identify the infected numbers of the population in order for the health sector,
    primarily the hospitals, to treat them. To our dismay, our health care system cannot sustain the
    rise of the covid patients.

    Every month, healthcare workers cry for a “time-out”. Their cry is the catalyst to every
    decision that the government undertake. They cry because of their extended hospital duty.
    They cry because they cannot spend their time with their family. They cry because almost all of
    them were infected with the virus. Lastly, they cry because the government do not take care of
    them. The Department of Health, as the main government agency handling the pandemic does
    not devise a policy to facilitate the release of the health workers’ benefit. Hopefully, the DOH
    should concentrate to improve the health workers’ compensation just like prioritize their
    vaccination.

    The first shot of Covid-19 vaccine was received by the Director of the Philippine General
    Hospital ( Ornedo, GMA News, 2021). The event was a victory the whole country. It was like a
    rainbow after the storm. It was like a lighthouse on a dark night on the sea. A glimmer of hope
    because our country will be able to start the vaccination of its population. Step by step, category
    by category, from A1 Medical workers to indigents, the government is trying that every Filipino
    that wants to be vaccinated gets the shot.
    The final goal is to reach population protection. So, everyone needs to get vaccinated.
    To be fair to the government, they are trying all their best. The Judiciary has implemented safety
    protocols to ensure that court hearings continue. The house of representatives and the Senate
    swiftly passed Bayanihan Act 1 and 2. The great burden is on the Executive. The ball is on the
    President. We can just hope that the President, before his term ends, makes lawful, sound and
    humane decisions to salvage our country from this Pandemic.

    Sources:

    First COVID-19 infections in the Philippines: a case report


    Edna M. Edrada,1 Edmundo B. Lopez,1 Jose Benito Villarama,1 Eumelia P. Salva
    Villarama,1 Bren F. Dagoc,1Chris Smith, 2,3 Ana Ria Sayo,1 Jeffrey A. Verona,1 Jamie Trifalgar-
    Arches,1 Jezreel Lazaro,1 Ellen Grace M. Balinas,1Elizabeth Freda O. Telan,1 Lynsil Roy,1 Myvie
    Galon,1 Carl Hill N. Florida,1 Tatsuya Ukawa,2Annavi Marie G. Villaneuva,2 Nobuo Saito,4 Jean
    Raphael Nepomuceno,2 Koya Ariyoshi,5 Celia Carlos,6Amalea Dulcene
    6 1
    Nicolasora,  and  Rontgene M. Solante
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7154063/

    Duterte orders travel ban from China province amid coronavirus scare
    By CNN Philippines Staff. Published Jan 31, 2020 6:59:24 AM
    https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/1/31/Philippines-novel-coronavirus-China-travel-
    ban.html

    Duterte convenes inter-agency body as COVID-19 cases rise to 20


    By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
    Published March 9, 2020 8:00pm
    Metro Manila, other Luzon areas under MECQ after medical groups' call for 'time out'
    ABS-CBN News
    Posted at Aug 03 2020 10:04 PM
    https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/728975/duterte-convenes-inter-agency-body-
    as-covid-19-cases-rise-to-20/story/

    Philippines administers first official COVID-19 vaccine jab 


    By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News 
    Published March1,20219:46am 
    Updated March 1, 2021 2:45pm
    https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/777786/pgh-director-is-first-to-get-covid-19-
    vaccine-in-philippines/story/

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