READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

“Pagkukumpara ng nakaraang isyu at sitwasyon ng bansa sa

kaparehang kasalukuyang mga pangyayari sa bansa.”
CHOLERA AND CORONAVIRUS
THE ORIGIN OF
SANITARY ORDER
1. There was scarcity in rice 1. Lacking intensive care
production and depletion of facilities and PPE for COVID-19
rice reserves. 1. Establishment of patients .
Quarantine Services
2. Americans, Spaniards, and 2. The Filipinos’ ignorance impeding 2. Government officials were
Chinese were prioritized when the preventive protocols. prioritized in the testing for COVID
seeking medical attention . despite the shortage of testing kits.
3. Poorer class are more vulnerable to
3. The Americans were in charge of the infectious disease. 3. The responsibilities of controlling
the epidemic in the Philippines. the spread of the virus were handled
4. The infected deceased’s are 4.to The infectious disease spreads more by the Philippine government.
the lower class due to poverty and
forced to be buried in backyards poor sanitation. 4. Burial and cremation for the COVID
or rice fields in fear of their 5. Hunger and the disease patients are safe as long as they
house being burned and going to were substantially the same follow strict infection and
detentions. in terms of severity. prevention protocols .
5. Locusts and war 5. The lockdown made it difficult
conditions also hindered for farmers and other agricultural
agricultural activities. laborers in accessing markets
for their produce.