Philippines

Philippines needed all those living in areas under enhanced community quarantine to wear face masks or other protective equipment when leaving their homes to slow Covid-19 spread. However, with such a high demand and the nation’s health professionals requiring the available surgical and N95 masks, people turn to DIY cloth face masks for grocery shop trips and other important errands. …

The usage of WiFi has improved the patient quality care in hospitals in terms of using this technology for the medical devices use for each patients and for the operation of Health Care Centers. Free internet access will help health workers file online documentation of their situation. It will also alleviate fear and anxiety among front-line patients by allowing them …

Typically eating a hot bowl of soup will immediately make one feel better when people feel sick. The temperature warms up the inside just fine, and the soup itself is full of quickly swallowed and digested nutrients. For filipinos, chicken soup or the famous tinola with vegetables off their plate but slurp the soup, they can be certain that they …

Thinking of ways to counter the latest coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic isn’t an simple thing. Solutions to flatten the curve are constantly debated as cases gradually increase over time. Cooperation between the National Government, Local Government Units (LGUs), and various local authorities implementing precautionary public safety measures is a huge step. Nonetheless, further studies, medical tests, and test kits are …

For every patient suffering from the pandemic coronavirus, they are longing to keep in touch with their families. It’s hard to imagine how the patients are going through with their sickness alone and not seeing their loved ones. But here’s a resolution and innovation from University of the Philippines (UP) implementing their new software wherein patients will get to see …

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 …