How pandemic affected workers in the Philippines and what is its direct impact on your own families.

The virus originated in Wuhan China in 2019 and it slowly spread like a wildfire throughout the
globe. It killed millions of people all over the planet and still killing right now. The pandemic is a
catastrophe that caused global economy to decline. However, scientists and researchers tried to come
up with a vaccine and they succeeded. That’s why they developed a cure to the dreaded virus and the
government of each country and state is confident that everything will go back to normal that way it was
used to because of the vaccine. As the saying goes, every problem has a solution.

Here in the Philippines, it affected us in different ways and aspects. The normal we are used to is
not the normal anymore. We are in the years of the new normal where we are trying to adapt to this
kind of situation. Most business establishments closed and leisure establishments totally closed. The
virus imposed peril to the people that is why they are scared to go out. It affected the economy a lot,
millions of domestic workers and abroad are misplaced. Many lose their jobs and as an effect, the
economy is slowly going down. Prices of commodities are getting higher and higher because of inflation.
Movements of products and people are controlled to avoid the spread of the virus. Those factors
contributed to the poverty rate of Filipinos, transport sector lose jobs during the peak of the pandemic
so many of them shifted to another job for them to feed their families.

The year 2020 is an unlucky year for many because we are devastated by such plague. But the
year 2021 is a year to slowly go back to the way we are used to before where no masks, no faceshields,
no social distancing and no fear to go wherever you like. With God’s help, we can do this and hoping
that the past year that is full of lament and negativities have taught us lessons.