Maria Montessori School of Quezon City

116 Visayas Avenue, Quezon City

In partial fulfillment of

the course requirement in

RESEARCH PROJECT

Submitted to:
Mr. Daryll A. Mortel

Submitted by:
Francisco, Theone Jeanine R
Rebanio, Liberty M.
Salud, Jericho Alex O.
Velasco, Kyana Arwen T.

12 – Tanguile

April 06, 2020

 I. Introduction

The Coronavirus which is known as the COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic which
means that it was already prevalent over a whole country or the whole world. On the 30th of
January 2020, the outbreak was declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
(World Health Organization, 2020). The virus was believed to be the source of the virus coming
from a live animal market in the province of Wuhan City, Hubei Province from China (Ministry
of Health, 2020) but can now be spread through human transmission of respiratory droplets. This
is why the World Health Organization advised the public to maintain good hygiene by washing
their hands regularly, covering mouth with tissue and avoid touching.

Moreover, in terms of prevention it was known that there is currently no vaccine to

prevent the disease. However, preventive measures are advised to be done to avoid being
infected and it would most likely take a few years for a new vaccine to be developed. According
to WHO (2020) the virus cannot spread through air but may persist on surfaces for a few hours
or up to several days. Although people of all ages can be infected by the coronavirus, it is known
that older people with pre-existing medical conditions such as those with asthma, diabetes, and
heart disease are those that are more commonly infected and get severely ill. (World Health
Organization, 2020) These symptoms are fever, cough and shortness of breath (CDC, 2020) but
one can still be asymptomatic and have the virus. Also, it was advised that if one showed
symptoms, they should seek medical attention right away to get treated or to conduct a self-
quarantine at home to avoid further exposure.

There are several countries all over the world that have already declared lockdown or
community quarantine in attempt to lessen the spread of the said virus outbreak including the
Philippines, specifically Metro Manila which became the first country to shut its financial
markets (The Guardian, 2020) and a metrowide community quarantine was imposed by the
government. (Wikipedia, 2020) As of April 4, 2020 at 6PM, there were over 1,123,023
confirmed cases worldwide. In addition, Italy was seemingly the epicenter of the pandemic with
over 14,681 deaths. Italy surpassed China as the country with the highest death toll and the rate
of increase kept growing, with more than half the cases and fatalities coming.
 II. Review of Related Literature

This chapter tackleed two key discussion points of the study: the economic impact of
outbreaks up to pandemic level and its impact to livelihood of citizens and, eventually, the
communities as a whole. The chapter aimed to synthesize all studies from previous known
pandemics and epidemics as a way to analyze the current health concern.

The economic impacts of pandemics to society is that most individuals were not able to
pay the corresponding taxes to the government hence, the government to run out of funds to
support the economy of the country which created a domino effect to all the businesses including
stores, restaurants, theaters, and other businesses to be closed and for the presence of a global
economic recession.

The following are the most affected industries in cases of a pandemic are health, tourism,
and impact to livelihood and community. First of all, health is one of the primary sectors
impacted by the virus including the public and personal health system. The rise in hospital
admissions lead to sudden peaks in administrative and operational expenditure. Another action
that took effect to the economy was the way authorities attempted to contain the spread of a
pandemic. (European Parliament, 2020) People will less likely go about their normal everyday
life, that is, schools are closed or mandatory quarantining of people to avoid the spread of
disease. This immediately reduced the use of transportation and other public services.

Other precautionary measures include mass testing, a method highly recommended by the
World Health Organization (2020) but cost a substantial financial allocation form governments,
specifically the health departments. A spike in cases resulted in shortages of medical supplies.
Agriculture and trade were also greatly affected during the time of pandemic due to the loss of
imports and exports between countries. Taxation were lost and industries that rely solely
exporting goods suffered. (European Parliament, 2020)
 Followed by tourism wherein the travel and tourism industry were one of the most
evidently affected sectors by the infectious disease outbreak. During the time of such outbreak,
tourist arrivals declined harshly, even immediately after so. As such, not only did the industry
suffer declines but was also put at a loss. (World Economic Forum, 2019)

Not less than 50 million jobs within the global travel and tourism sector were in danger
because of the spread of coronavirus, with travel likely to slump by quarter this year, Asia being
the foremost affected continent, the globe Travel and Tourism Council has said. (Faus, 2020)

In addition to this, the travel industry needed to ensure the employees were healthy to
remain operational and to mitigate spread of disease. However, tourists did not just face doubts
in the risk level of facing airline or hotel employees but their perceptions also left an impact on
the entire tourism industry. (World Economic Forum, 2019)

During infectious disease outbreak, it is also important to look at the way it affected
people while several industries have stopped, starting with their livelihood and following their
way of life. Since poor populations face the highest risk of spreading an infectious disease to
their communities, in addition to health and economic shocks, preparing for a pandemic must
target the poor and can be done by a number of things. (Oppenheim & Yamey, 2017)

Oppenheim & Yamey suggested to focus on countries with higher risks, meaning
investing in international and domestic public health systems such as human and animal
surveillance. This aided in addressing vulnerability within the poor regions. However, since
coronavirus was not proven to spread through animals, human surveillance could have aided in
curbing infection rates. Secondly, preparedness should be observed at all times, specifically in
providing equal services to citizens regardless of social class. Poor people who get displaced
because of emergencies or civil unrest drove more people into new places, making poor
conditions and increased exposure to health related threats. Many vulnerable sectors suffered
most due to infectious diseases such as measles, acute respiratory infection, and malaria. (World
Economic Forum, 2019)
 Countries had to give easy access and sufficient funds for medical supplies and research.
This included pre-purchase agreements that specified minimum coverage for poor countries and
the same pace of disbursement of those technologies. Lastly, investing in economic recovery
from pandemics was necessary. Even wealthy countries faced domestic political pressures to
spend reception and to crack down on discretionary aid spending. Poor households should be
given assistance through safety nets and other sorts of assistance. (Oppenheim & Yamey, 2017)

After putting all the available literature in the context of the Philippines, there were
several data that point to conditions of the economy and the people during the novel coronavirus
pandemic. In the Philippines, 38.3% of the workforce were those from the informal economy
(International Labour Organization, n.d.). This meant at least 1 in 4 Filipino working class
suffered in case of shock, such as the outbreak that happened this year. It was important that such
industry workers were assisted accordingly. The above stated efforts to support the Filipino poor
may help in doing so.

12.7% of the Philippine economy was its tourism industry, but the industry suffered as
the country closed its borders to several countries because of the infection. (Duddu, 2020) As
such, it is important to realize that tourism industry workers needed to be monitored and
safeguarded once travelling to and from the country was deemed safe.

During the time, the country also witnessed a significant increase in demand for medical
supplies, specifically face masks (Duddu, 2020) and medical protective equipment for healthcare
workers. There have been records of frontline health workers who died of the said virus. In this
case, once the virus does get contained, the country must focus on rehabilitating the health
industry among many others.
 III. Discussion

i. Philippines

Source: https://ncovtracker.doh.gov.ph/

COVID-19: Confirmed cases by age group

As of April 4, 2020 at 4:00 PM (PST) there were over 3,094 people infected by the
COVID- 19 in the Philippines. The bar graph showed the confirmed cases by age group wherein
the blue color represented the male population while the purple color represented the female
population. The data showed that the highest rate according to age is between 60 to 69 years old
with the male having the highest number of cases (408) while the female had over 280 cases.
Among the age group, majority of the cases are male, specifically those who were within the age
group of 50 to 59 with over 416 cases. Those with the average number of confirmed cases by age
group were those within the ages 30 to 39 and 40 to 49 with male as the majority. The age group
with the lowest number of cases were within 90 to 99 years old with both male and female
having 4 cases and those that were 0 to 9 years old wherein male had 4 cases while female had 8.
 COVID-19: Confirmed cases trends

As of April 4, 2020 at 4:00 PM (PST) there were over 3,094 people infected by the
COVID- 19 in the Philippines. This bar graph showed the confirmed cases trends wherein the
green color represented the number of people who have recovered from the virus while the red
color represented the number of people who died from the virus. It was seen that from mid-
March 9 to March 16, the number of deaths arise continuously from March 23 up until March 30
reaching over 140 confirmed cases. On the other hand, the number of those who recovered arise
from March 16 but only reached 40 total confirmed cases on the 30th of March in comparison to
the number of total confirmed cases of death in the country.

Source: https://www.doh.gov.ph/2019-nCoV
 Table: Laboratory Status of Patients in the Philippines (As of 4 April 2020; 4:00 PM)

The table showed the laboratory status of patients in the Philippines as of April 4, 2020 at
4:00 PM (PST) wherein there were 3,094 confirmed cases, 1,474 cases that tested negative while
there were over 960 cases that had pending test results.

ii. World

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

CORONAVIRUS CASES WORLDWIDE

Since first being recorded late last year in China, the COVID-19 coronavirus spread
around the globe and was declared to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The number of total cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus as of April 5, 2020, 05:11 GMT is 1,202,
609 cases in linear scale. In the chart, January 22, 2020 had a total of 580 cases worldwide. If
mainland China was be excluded, January 22, 2020 had the lowest number of cases which is only
9 cases and increased rapidly until the current total case on April 4,2020 of 1,119,814.

COVID-19: Distribution of Cases Worldwide

The pie chart above displayed that China which is the mainland or the origin of
where the Coronavirus disease originated had a total of 81, 669 (6.79%) cases while other
countries which had the presence of the Coronavirus had 1,120,940 (93.21%) cases.

COVID-19: Distribution of Cases Outside Mainland China

The pie chart displayed the current number of COVID-19 cases of each country
besides mainland China. The United States of America haf 311,635 cases (27.83%) which was
the largest percentage of Coronavirus cases among the other countries and the location with only
1 case was Timor Leste.
 COVID-19: ACTIVE CASES

The number of currently infected patients worldwide was 891,237 while those who were
in a mild condition were 848, 555 ( 95%) and 42,682 (5%) were the patients who were in a
serious or critical condition.

COVID-19: OUTCOME OF TOTAL CLOSED CASES (Recovery rate vs. Death rate)

The line chart above conveyed the number of total closed cases worldwide wherein the
color orange represented the death rate while the green color represented the patients who had
recovered or discharged from the Coronavirus disease. As of April 4, 2020 there was a total of
246, 640 (79.21%) patients recovered or discharged and 64, 732 (21%) of total deaths.
Moreover, according to the chart, February 2, 2020 had the highest death rate of 41.80% and
March 7, 2020 as its lowest death rate of 5.64%. While March 7,2020 had the highest recovery rate
of 94.36% and February 2,2020 for its lowest recovery rate.

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DAILY CASES

The bar chart showcased the daily new cases that were recorded each day. As seen in the
bar chart, February 12 was the result of a change in diagnosis classification for which 13,332
clinically (rather than laboratory) confirmed cases were all reported as new cases on Feb. 12,
even though they were diagnosed in the preceding days and weeks. The current data of daily new
cases as of April 4, 2020 was 84, 821 worldwide. Noticeably, the daily cases of April 3 was the
highest for it surpassed 100k for there was total of 101, 566 recorded for that day. Furthermore,
the number of the first cases was 472 on January 24, 2020.
 Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/

COVID-19: Age of Coronavirus Deaths

COVID-19 fatality rate by age wherein death rate = (number of deaths / number of cases)
= probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differed depending on the age
group. The percentages shown below do not have to add up to 100%, as they do not represent
share of deaths by age group. Rather, it represents, for a person in a given age group, the risk of
dying if infected with COVID-19. In general, the most vulnerable victims of the virus were those
who are 80+ years old with a 21.9% death rate confirmed cases followed by 70 to 79 years old
with 8.0% and 60 to 69 years old with 3.6%. Whereas only a few cases are seen among children
who had the Coronavirus disease.

COVID-19: Sex ratio

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/

COVID-19: PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS (Comorbidities)

COVID-19 fatality rate by Comobidity wherein death rate = (number of deaths / number
of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differed depending
on pre-existing condition. The percentage shown above does not represent in any way the share
of deaths by pre-existing condition. Rather, it represents, for a patient with a given pre- existing
condition, the risk of dying if infected by COVID-19. Based from the percentage above, patients
with a cardiovascular disease were the most vulnerable victims of the virus with a percentage of
13.2% death rate confirmed cases since it affected the respiratory system. Second, patients with
diabetes with a percentage of 9.2%. Third, patients with Hypertension with a percentage of 8.4%.
Fourth, patients with Chronic respiratory disease with a percentage of 8.0%. Fifth, patients with
Cancer with a percentage of 7.6%. Lastly, patients with no pre-existing conditions were the least
vulnerable to the virus with a percentage of 0.9%.
 The researchers also interviewed 3 adults regarding the Coronavirus with the provided
interview questions; who were Jeffrey Velasco (interviewed by Kyana Velasco), Margarita
Rebanio (interviewed by Liberty Rebanio), and Janine Francisco (interviewed by Ashley
Francisco). Based from their answers on the first question which was how do they think COVID-
19 affected the economy of the Philippines was that as a third world country, majority of the
people were financially paralyzed. This was due to the fact that the majority belonged to the
informal sector of the society who thrived on a day to day basis of living. Due to this situation,
people solely depended on the government for their sustenance and for which created a domino
effect on the socio-political side of the present administration. Moreover, economy went down
due to the business all over the Philippines and the globe were all temporarily closed due to the
community quarantine.

Whereas the economy in the globe, the Worldwide financial decline lead to recession was
expected. As financial resources of leading countries such as US, Italy, Great Britain were
depleted as they focused on medical expenses to save lives. This created a dive in the world stock
markets and had a major impact on the closing down of businesses and high unemployment rate.
The economic flow around the world was halted as more expenses were incurred and lesser
income was generated.

As regarding the livelihood of the people, crisis was present and due to the economy that went
down, families especially those who were unprivileged starved in need of food to consume
each day. No income was generated during this period. As social contact was prohibited, sources for
income was eventually stopped as businesses were forced to close and stop operations. A greater
majority had no sustenance for their basic needs. We are at this time dependent on the government
for their financial support. Some are lucky to have set aside savings to help them in times of crisis
such as this.

On the other hand, as for the community, it was not organized for there were still citizens who
did not follow the social distancing rules, who still went outside and said their complaints regarding
receiving relief goods from the government or from their barangay. In addition, it is difficult for
communities to follow the interventions for there are numerous families who had different
perceptions and will not follow the rules immediately. The community was a reflection of how
disorganized our local government units are. As there were some who stick to their integrity as
community leaders, a large percentage still prioritized their selfish motives rather than give what is
due to their constituents. This subsequently created chaos and panic amongst us for which
disengages us from having one voice for the good of our countrymen. But there was also a good side
which was the “bayanihan spirit” was depicted in either small or major acts of kindness. It was where
people “act and heal as one” thereby strengthening the solidarity as Filipinos.

As for the effect of community quarantine on students, they became less interested or
motivated to do their school works and listen to the online classes since there was a huge difference
between physically attending the classes and having online classes. The tuition fee was also not
maximized since there were some educational institutions who did not have online classes during
this time of the outbreak. This was a major impact since all their activities and educational programs
were halted. Their educational knowledge was lessened since teaching and reporting were done
online. This eventually caused mental and emotional dilemma since graduation only happens once in
a lifetime.

The three interviewees did not agree to the implementations of the national government for
numerous families were low in supply of food and drinks. There should be strict yet organized
efforts to contain the pandemic both on the national and local levels. But the Philippine government
is also doing its best in distributing relief goods but the problem is also since we are low in supply
and resources.
 IV. References

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topics/corona-virus/questions-and-answers.html
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COVID-19 Cases: Philippines, as of April 4, 2020; 4:00pm (PST). Retrieved from
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(2020, April 5). COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. Retrieved from
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media-briefing-on-covid-19- -16-march-2020.
World Economic Forum. (2019). Outbreak Readiness and Business Impact Protecting Lives and
 Livelihoods across the Global Economy. Retrieved from http://www3.weforum.org/docs/
WEF%20HGHI_Outbreak_Readiness_Business_Impact.pdf.
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affected-countries- philippines-measures-impact-tourism-economy/
 V. Appendix

Interview (Raw Pictures)

Picture 1: Jeffrey Velasco (Interviewed by Kyana Velasco)

Picture 2: Jeffrey Velasco (Interviewed by Kyana Velasco)
 Jeffrey Velasco Margarita Rebanio Janine Francisco
Interview (interviewed by Kyana (interviewed by Liberty (interviewed by
Questions Velasco) Rebanio) Theone Francisco)
a. Economy a. Economy a. Economy
1. How do you think The economy goes down since Malaki talaga ang naging i. Philippines
COVID-19 affects the most of the business in the epekto ng pandemic issue As a third world country,
ff: country and all over the globe na ito lalo na sa economy majority of our people
a. Economy are temporarily closed due to the natin, kasi sa lockdown na were financially paralyzed.
i. Philippines quarantine ginawa naparalyze ang This was due to the fact
ii. World b. Livelihood of the people financial assistance ng mga that this majority belongs
b. Livelihood of the Crisis are present and due to the tao at marami din ang to the informal sector of
people economy going down, families nagsara ng mga the society who thrives on
c. Community especially those who are establishments na isa ding a day to day basis of living.
d. Students unprivileged starve in need of malaking tulong sa Due to this situation,people
food to consume each day ekonomiya naten solely depend on the
c. Community b. Livelihood of the government for their
The community is not organized People sustenance and for which
for there are still citizens who Iyan pa nga ang malaking creates a domino effect on
do not follow the social problem na kinakaharap the socio-political side of
distancing rules and are saying natin ngayon dahil hindi the present administration.
their complaints regarding naman lahat mayaman para ii. The World
receiving relief goods from the makabili ng mga kailangan Worldwide financial
government/ barangay yung iba kailangan decline leading to recession
c. Students talagang kumayod para is expected. As financial
The students become less makakain lang pero dahil resources of leading
interested or motivated to do dito sa pandemic na ito countries such as US, Italy,
their school works and listen to mas lalo naghihirap ang Great Britain are depleted
the online classes since there is mga tao kasi yun nga kung as they focus on medical
a huge difference between walang trabaho wala ding expenses to save lives. This
physically attending the classes pera creates a dive in the world
and having online classes. The c. Community stock markets having a
tuition fee is also being wasted Malaking pagbabago lalo major impact on the
which was payed by the na sa community talaga closing down of businesses
students since thee are some natural di naman agada and high unemployment
educational institutions who do agad masusunod yung mga rate. The economic flow
not have around
 online classes during the time of interventions kasi sa dami the world is halted as more
quarantine. ba naman ng tao sa isang expenses were incurred and
barangay mahirap talaga lesser income generated.
yun
d. Students
It’s hard talaga mag-aral
pag nasa bahay parang ang
nagiging labas nga is yung
mga students parang wala
ng pakialam kasi nasa isip
nila nasa crisis naman sila
so yung iba masaya kasi
yung mga requirements di
na mapapasa yung iba
naman malungkot kasi
syempre saying din naman
yung time
1. Are you satisfied No, because there are numerous Para sakin, gumagawa b. Livelihood of the
with the current families from different regions naman talaga ng effort ang people No income
implimentations/ in the Philippines especially Government eh it’s just generated during this
procedures that the ones located in the NCR region that kulang lang talaga tayo period. As social contact is
national government who are low in supply of foods ng resources kasi kahit prohibited, sources for
and the locality is and drinks since majority of anong gawin ng income is eventually
doing to fight the them have children. Moreover, government kung wala stopped as businesses are
pandemic? Explain since it is a lockdown, what tayong forced to close and stop
your answer. should be done is complete mapagkukunan eh wala din operations. A greater
lockdown similar to Italy for naman. Di naman majority has no sustenance
there are still cars going outside maiiwasan yung for their basic needs. We
and the gasoline stations should kakulangan like marami are at this time dependent
shutdown as well. talaga sa atin ngayon ang on the government for their
nagugutom dahil hindi financial support. Some are
naman lahat mayaman pero lucky to have set aside
hindi din naman kasalanan savings to help them in
iyon ng gobyerno kasi times of crisis such as this.
crisis eto eh, hindi c. Community
pwedeng asa ng asa tayo sa There are good and bad
gobyerno kailangan dito effects in our community.
tulungan tayong lahat
 The good side is the
“bayanihan spirit” is
depicted in either small or
major acts of kindness. It is
where we “act and heal as
one” thereby strengthening
our solidarity as Filipinos.
On the other hand, our
community is a reflection
of how disorganized our
local government units are.
As there are some who
sticks to their integrity as
community leaders, a large
percentage still prioritize
their selfish motives rather
than give what is due to
their constituents. This
subsequently creates chaos
and panic amongst us for
which disengages us from
having one voice for the
good of our countrymen.
1. What other 1. Municipal 1. Municipal d. Students
interventions should government/barangay government/barangay As applicable to my
the government do to The different municipal Lahat naman ginagawa daughter who is graduating,
fights the pandemic? government/ barangays whould ngayon ng mga barangay this is a major impact since
work hand in hand and sa abot ng makakaya nila all their activities and
1. Municipal cooperate with one another as eh at ramdam naman natin educational program was
government/ well as give all citizens medical yun mas maganda lang halted. Their educational
barangay access and securities and each talaga kung mas magiging knowledge was lessened
barangay mmber should get strikto lang sila pagdating since teaching and
2. National their necessities for them to be sa pagbantay kasi reporting was done online.
government able to live. meron parin talagang mga I believe they were
2. National government taong di sumusunod which shortchanged due to this
The national government should is mali dapat gumawa sila crisis. The tuition fee was
release all funds as soon as ng not maximized and learning
 possible for the betterment of all interevention pa na maging was done on a shortcut due
the citizens of the Philippines, dal ana yung mga tao to the long school
including medical services, 2. National government interruptions. This
medicine, test kits,etc. Dapat as soon as possible eventually caused mental
talaga matugunan din ng and emotional dilemma
gobyerno yung mga taong since graduation only
mahihirap talaga yung happens once in a lifetime.
sinasabi nilang pera ng
bayan dapat talaga
maramdaman yun ng mga
tao eh kasi wala eh gutom
yung nararamdaman nila
ngayon kaya di rin natin
masisisi yung mga
mahihirap kasi wala naman
tayo sa kalagayan nila
2. Should the Yes, because the number of Para sakin, siguro oo kasi 1. Are you satisfied….
government extend positive cases for the COVID-19 nakikita naman natin No. I believe that their
the enhanced is increasing rapidly as time padami ng padami imbis na actions are superficial since
community goes by and if will not be sana kumunti parang mas they are expected to do
quarantine? Why? extended, all citizens once they lalong dumadami marami something in these crisis. I
go out especially elderly talagang maaabalang mga cannot see their heart on the
individuals and young children lakad o events pag matter and most of their
will be vulnerable to the virus. nangyare nga yun pero mas actions are based on selfish
intindihin natin ang motives. There should be
kapakanan ng isa’t- isa na more stricter yet organized
hindi biro ang ganitong efforts to contain the
virus na ito na dapat pandemic both on the
seryosohin talaga natin ito national and local levels.
at gawin natin yung parte The local government unit
naten bilang mamamayan representatives should
ng pilipinas para di na actively present themselves
dumami pa on this crucial time to their
localities. Sadly, NOT
ALL are given relief goods
and assistance. It has to be
reminded that middle class
people are also affected by
this crisis need to feel that
they are part of the
government’s beneficiaries.
Not to belittle the low
income families, but middle
class people are primarily
the taxpayers. And this is
the time that they will feel
the profit of their obedience
to the government in giving
the share of their income.
2. What other
interventions….
a. Municipal/Barangay
Level
The barangay captain
should plot his covered area
in detail. These areas
should be inspected house
to house on the overall
health condition of each
member of household.
When one of these
members exhibit one of the
symptoms they should be
immediately quarantined
and taken out of the house.
It is best that each barangay
should have a quarantine
area for PUI’s and PUM’s
and they should be strictly
monitored. This should
lessen the chances of
infection. Another is the
mandatory use of fask mask
within each community for
which one should be given
a cash penalty for second
violation. This would
dissuade people to disobey
or else it would add up to
their expenses on their
depleting funds. Another
thing is there should be
assigned people who will
monitor social distancing
on public markets,
groceries, convenience
stores, drugstores, atm’s
and the like.
b. National Government
Regulations set on the local
government units and
corresponding sanctions
should then be collated and
monitored and added on to
the responsibility of the
IATF. Funds derived out of
the penalties should be
added to the medical
supplies needed or
additional hazard pay of the
frontliners but not limited
to medical personnel. The
PNP, AFP and other
enforcement units should
be actively present in the
borders of the local
municipalities who would
double check the
implementation of
sanctions set by the local
government on a national
level. The financial help of
the government through
DOLE, DSWD and other
inter-government agencies
should be beneficial not
only to the less fortunate or
informal workers but also
to the formal workers
mostly in the middle class
who are also in a dire need
of financial support. Mobile
palengke and mobile
grocery and drugstores
should also be implemented
on a national level to
prohibit the “going out” of
public.
2. Should the government
extend the community
quarantine?
YES. As we are reaching
our peak. This was so
because of the increased
testing conducted. The
spread of infection should
be contained first before
normalizing the daily
activities of the people. But
the government should
work not only triple but
quadruple time in devising
methods to contain the
infection so as not to
hamper major economic
destruction on businesses
and cutting off the
livelihood of Filipinos
which would become one
of the cause of death aside
from the dreaded Covid-19.
Another thing is, the longer
the quarantine holds, the
mental health of Filipinos
would substantially be
affected and this would
entail disorganized
thoughts which would not
help the government’s aim
for obedience from its
people.