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(GROUP 3 THE ACHIVERS ) COVID IN THE PHILIPPINES

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.[7] The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. WE ALL EXPERIENCE THE FEIRCE OF THE COVID/PANDEMIC AND LOT OF PEOPLE LOST SOMEONE THEY LOVE BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS THE HAPPY WORLD TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE.... IT ALL START IN DECEMBER 13 2019 IN CHINA.PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES,DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL JANUARY 30 2020 IN A 38 YEARS OLD WOMAN WHO ARRIVED FROM WUHAN CHINA TO PHILIPPHINES, AND TWO DAYS LATER,THE PHILIPPHINES RECORDED THE FIRST DEATH OUTSIDE CHINA IN FEBRUARY 2020, AND PEOPLE IS GOING CRAZY ABOUT COVID,COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. After the first cases of local transmission,President Rodrigo Duterte declared a state of public health emergency in the country on 8 March (Proclamation No. 922) and suspended school classes in Metro Manila.

A partial lockdown of Metro Manila from 15 March to 14 April was announced, together with suspension of travel to and from Manila. On 16 March, the entire Luzon group of islands was placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), effectively a total lockdown and the strictest category of lockdown imposed in the country.

And In the next few months, the government would impose various types of quarantine and the list of allowed and disallowed activities outside homes evolved based on the changing evaluations of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF).

Metro Manila’s ECQ was lifted on 1 June, replaced by general community quarantine (GCQ), which allowed some economic activities to resume and limited public transportation to operate. However, for certain periods in the year in the country, some areas were put under modified ECQ (MECQ) which further limited economic activities due to a spike of cases and the demand of health workers’ associations to allow the health and hospital system to “breathe” and improve as hospitalshad already exceeded the capacity to handle COVID-19 patients.

Later in the year, most of the rest of the country was under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), the loosest quarantine phase that permits many businesses and other activities to open with some limitations.

The initial period of the country’s state of calamity was further extended by Proclamation No. 1021 (dated September 2020) until 12 September 2021. Due to a spike of cases again since January 2021, continued limitations in contract tracing, testing and resources of healh facilities, as well as a delay in the purchase of vaccines, restrictions began to increase again. Metro Manila and neighboring provinces were once again under ECQ from 29 March to 11 April and under ECQ until 30 April. UNTIL NOW EVEN IF WE CAN GO ANYWHERE NOW ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT COVID IS STILL WITH HERE AND ALSO WE ARE REMAINING FIGHTING THE PANDEMIC SO PUT THE SAFETY OF YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY