Philippines

As the number of reported cases of coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID-19) rises daily in the Philippines, hundreds of frontliners such as physicians, janitors, and nurses work together to save lives and avoid the spread of the virus. In the hospital setting, healthcare providers are susceptible to virus due to their continuous contact with every patient giving their unwavering time …

It’s always a reminder to keep our hands clean that is one of the most important ways to keep out the coronavirus. But what if making your hands dirty is someone’s job? That is what waste collectors do exactly for keeping the cities safe, pandemic or not every day. People may assume the virus would disappear after we put our …

Filipinos are known to love music and whenever they experience the ups and downs of life, music will be one of the most go-to-resolutions to express their pains, challenges and thankfulness. This time, It was an apt send-off to the survivor of COVID-19. The composer-arranger Arnel de Pano was serenaded by frontliners and was released from the Marikina Valley Medical …

The ongoing pandemic has been really challenging for a lot of filipinos especially those who lack a stock of food together with their families. However, Teacher’s are to the rescue this time – a group of friends, most of whom work as teachers, have risked their lives by going around Cebu City feeding the poor and the less fortunate. That’s …

Being trapped at home during a pandemic will leave one feeling powerless in the midst of the crises that are happening around the country and the globe. Rest assured that practicing social distance at this time is already an significant move in helping the nation’s efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19. If people are searching for more ways to …

Marcus Chu leverages the most from the lockout. The Grade 10 student, who just turned 16 a week ago, was printing 3D filaments to use for the face shields of frontliners. It started with a message to Facebook. His dad showed him an online letter from one of his titos requesting donations of 3D filaments. “He was collecting donations in …

A developer based in Manila and the Philippines ‘task force against the dreaded disease have introduced an online and smartphone application that can monitor individuals displaying COVID-19 symptoms. Developed by Multisys Technologies Corporation, StaySafe.ph allows users to disclose both their health status and that of members of their family. The National Task Force against COVID-19 said in a statement that …

Three survivors of COVID-19 donated blood to Philippine General Hospital for an experimental procedure to support patients with serious coronavirus symptoms. Seafarer Ian Ceasar Frias and nurses Kai Soriano and Galey Arranz went through the apheresis blood donation process, where convalescent plasma was collected from donors, at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine’s Paz Mendoza Hall in Manila. …

Pharmacies, grocery stores, and banks are also open during this strengthened Public quarantine. You’ll have to go out when stocks need urgent restocking. Since COVID-19 is an invisible, indiscriminate threat. Filipinos need to be diligent about keeping ourselves safe and healthy. If it’s an emergency, someone can go out. Only one person is allowed out of their home per household. …

This Covid-19 pandemic has brought out one of the most exemplary aspects of Filipino culture — bayanihan, the determination of the group to support each other in times of need. Gerandy Danao, mayor of the Palawan town of Narra, shared with Manila Bulletin Lifestyle how his townspeople work together to survive this tough time. Local officials — from the barangay …