PANDEMIC KA LANG, I AM FILIPINO

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new strain of coronovirus called SARS-CoV-2. It affects all of us regardless of age, race, religion or country of origin. The series of  infections worldwide forced the world under a state of pandemic. The Philippine government passed Republic Act 11469 or the "Bayanihan to Heal as One Act" to fight this pandemic, together with Duterte's executive orders in implementing community quarantine since March 17, 2020. 

In dealing with the pandemic , the Philippines has been adopting the way of tailoring the interventions into local settings, from quickly finding each infected person, tracing closed contacts and placing them under quarantine, to promoting basic hygiene measures to the public, such as frequent handwashing, cancelling public gathering, closing schools, delaying return to work, and implementing lockdown to the places where most of the people are infected. By adapting this response to our country, it may avoid blockading places when it is not needed, and also prevent from a major outbreak without taking any action. 

In addressing the pandemic, the Philippines has taken the approach of tailoring and interventions into local environments, from rapidly identifying each infected person, tracking the closed contacts and placing them under quarantine, to promoting simple public hygiene steps, such as regular handwashing, cancelling public meetings, closing schools, delaying return to work, and implementing lockdown. Filipino also promote the constructive and orderly involvement of other Filipinos in this fight against COVID-19. To protect the community from exposure to the infection, and it is necessary to encourage all residents in the possible risk areas to remain at home, which is an efficient way to block block the routes of transmission. Local community health workers and volunteers engage proactively in the monitoring of suspected disease and by delivering support services, aid in the implementation of proper quarantine steps.