Dan Lorenz Olbes

BSA – 1E

Local News

Coronavirus cases in the country reached 220,819 on Monday, ahead of President

Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement on the new quarantine classifications for areas
nationwide.

Of the new cases, 1,900 or 55% are from Metro Manila leading all 17 mayors of region
to recommend extension of the GCQ status in the area.

Published Aug 31, 2020 4:16:02 PM By CNN Philippines Staff

International News

The US government has said that it will not participate in a global initiative to develop
and distribute Covid-19 vaccines because it is co-led by the World Health Organization.

“The United States will… ensure we defeat this virus, but we will not be constrained
by… the corrupt WHO and China.

Published Tue 1 Sep 2020 23.46 BST by Lauren Aratani in New York

Reflection

The outbreak of COVID-19 can somehow be attributed to the continuous

globalization we face today. Though not directly rooted, globalization intensified what
could have been a mere epidemic two or three decades ago to a global pandemic at
current times. Because we are now living in a borderless world, other countries can
simply enter and exit the boundaries of other nations. This in turn made us and is
making us vulnerable to potential outbreaks and abuse, such as what we are presently
facing. Even the US is doubting the global initiative of the World Health Organization
and China. This begs the question, are we really a globalized world? And if so, how
globalized are we? Don’t get me wrong. I do believe that the end goal of globalization is
pure that being no one gets left behind. But until then, we inevitably have to live in a
world where social inequality is at the height of its power – the rich get richer and the
poor get poorer.