The mental stability of people experience during the

pandemic are being affected. As the covid-19 pandemic

commence, Due to the rise of numbers of deaths and people

having covid-19, it hindrances individuals to continue

going to school and other public places. In addition to

limiting the spread of virus. Because of this the

Government announces strict COVID lockdown. According to

The World Health Organization, “Bereavement, Isolation ,

loss of income and fear are triggering mental health

conditions or exacerbating existing ones.” The demand for

mental health services during pandemic is increasing.

However, There are certain groups of people that offers

their services related to this concerns like school

counselors, front liners and online communities that

advocates and support on how to protect mental health

during COVID 19 outbreaks.

The government and other local and international groups

provides services and implemented various actions to the

community. Which can help and support the people

especially those who struggle a lot by this current

situation. Majority of people are expecting social

support and services. According to Danielle Nakpil (CNN

Philippines ) , “The national government has allotted a

total of ₱200-billion-worth of aid for low-income

households, farmers, and fisher folk, amid the COVID-19

pandemic, President Rodrigo Said.” Social assistance is

one of the highlights of this programs. People who

receives cash and food assistance coming from the

government. The social assistance is just a short run to

sustain important needs which is food. Especially to

those low-income households who are most affected by this

crisis. However, Other people luckily receives the

assistance and support of the government while others,

did not received any food rations or cash from the

government since the lockdown was put in place.

The Philippine Government implemented a various actions

and ways to reach out and help every Filipino families.

The World Health Organization is the one who response

immediately during the highest level alert of the

outbreak. They “Worked towards ensuring that its health

care system can handle surge capacity, including for

financing of services and management of cases needing

isolation, quarantine and hospitalization; and addressed

the social and economic impact to the community including

by providing social amelioration to low income families.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been working with

Ministries of Health worldwide to prepare and respond to

COVID-19.” They offer a lot of services during the

pandemic, Which is Surveillance , Contact Tracing ,

Infection prevention and control , Laboratory and

therapeutics access , Clinical care , Non-pharmaceutical

interventions and mental health , Risk communication and

community engagement , Logistic support , Sub-national

operations support and Responding to outbreaks in high

risk areas.

Surveillance - Is a critical component and is used to

detect cases of COVID-19 as well as to understand the

disease dynamics and trends and identify hot spots of

disease transmission.

Contact tracing - is crucial to the response. It is a

system to detect and isolate cases and identify close

contacts who will be advised for quarantine. It allows

the investigation the system to track the chain of

infections as well as the settings, places, events or

other avenues that where transmission have occurred or

may have been amplified.

Infection prevention and control - To strengthen IPC, WHO

and DOH developed modules and conducted online IPC

training of trainers for front liner health workers in

health care and community settings.

Laboratory and therapeutics access - Laboratory testing

for COVID-19 is critical to be able to rapidly identify,

treat and isolate the positive patients, and be able to

see the bigger picture of how many people are infected

and ultimately stop the transmission of the virus.

Clinical care - WHO supported the frontline health

workers through a webinar series on clinical management,

providing up-to-date WHO clinical perspectives.

Non-pharmaceutical interventions and mental health -

These interventions involve personal protective measures,

environmental measures, physical distancing measures and

travel-related measures. 

Risk communication and community engagement - WHO

supported and amplified DOH messaging by releasing

various communication materials on the risk of COVID-19

and how people can protect themselves through social

media and traditional media. WHO also worked with

partners such as UNICEF and OCHA in reaching vulnerable

groups, getting their feedback and understanding their

information needs.

Logistics support - WHO provided technical support to the

DOH in the re calibration of PPE requirements by using

WHO projection tools, provided cost estimates, and

advised on streamlining the distribution flow of PPEs and

other essential supplies.

Sub national operations support - WHO conducted scoping

missions in 10 out of 16 regions outside the National

Capital Region to assess the needs and capacity of CHDs

in responding to COVID-19. WHO staff have also been

deployed in specific high-risk sub-national areas in the

country to provide technical support for the response. 

Furthermore, The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in severe

social, psychological and economic impacts around the

world. This pandemic causes a lot of disruptions many

people loss their job, being left behind in education and

most importantly the health and well being of every

individuals during crisis. We must encourage one another

to take an action and we should keep hope and stay

positive.

outbreak of COVID-19 and its pandemic nature has caused

widespread concern, fear, and anxiety (Ahorsu et al.

2020).

Additionally, COVID-19 triggers fear among individuals

which makes the understanding of the impact of the crisis

on people’s mental health crucial (Xiang 2020). Fear and

panic about COVID-19 can lead to experiences of

stigmatization and social exclusion of confirmed

patients, survivors, their families, and others

associated with the disease which can cause an increased

risk of developing mental health problems like adjustment

disorder and depression (Zhang et al. 2020). Moreover,

uninfected people reported that they are afraid of

contacting with COVID-19-infected individuals (Lin 2020).

The high levels of fear of COVID-19 may also cause

irrational and unclear thoughts (Ahorsu et al. 2020).

helpful, as in the case of an event or situation being

used as a motivating force for an individual toward goal

attainment or life enrichment (Everly & Lating, 2002).

Helpful stress, or eustress, and destructive stress, or

distress, are considered by Selye to increase in relation

to one another in order to attain greater human

performance or well-being (Everly & Lating, 2002). When

increasing stress reactivity reaches an optimal level

(which is different for each individual), then any

additional stressor or stressful life event can promote

the onset of a physiological process that can lead to

disorder or disease (Everly & Lating, 2002; Selye, 1956).

From these early designations, it is seen that each

individual has the potential for events or situations

to be beneficial as well as harmful.