COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines

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The COVID-19 pandemic is occurring in the Philippines as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that began in China in December 2019. The pandemic affects the novel disease COVID-19 . This is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the Coronaviridae group and belongs to the group of respiratory diseases . From March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic.

course

A first COVID-19 case was reported from the Philippines on January 30, 2020. On March 13, 2020, there were over 100 infected people, on March 27, over 1,000, on April 13, over 5,000 and on May 5, over 10,000. Only once (March 30, 2020) were there more than 500 new infections in one day.

The first COVID-19 related death occurred on February 2, 2020. It was a Chinese man from Wuhan; this was the first death outside of China. On April 1, 2020, there were over 100 deaths, and on April 25, over 500. Food supply chains were interrupted due to travel and exit restrictions as well as a shortage of workers.

Various measures have been imposed to curb the spread of the disease in the country, including travel bans to mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and South Korea. On March 7, 2020, the Department of Health (DOH) raised its "Code Red Sub-Level 1" with a recommendation to the President of the Philippines to issue a "Public Health Emergency" that authorizes the DOH to provide resources for procurement to mobilize safety equipment and introduce preventive quarantine measures. On March 9, President Rodrigo Duterte issued Proclamation No. 922 declaring the country a state of public health emergency.

On March 12, President Duterte declared "Code Red Sub-Level 2" and issued a partial lockdown on Metro Manila to prevent COVID-19 from spreading nationwide. Then Luzon was placed under increased quarantine in the community. On March 17, President Duterte issued Proclamation No. 929, declaring the Philippines catastrophic for a preliminary period of six months.

Additional facilities have been started to conduct confirmatory testing. Four facilities were set up on March 20, namely the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City, the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City, the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center in Benguet, and the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila (where the first Case was recorded) began testing and expanding the RITM. In the following days, other facilities were also put into operation. On March 25, the president signed the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act , which gave additional powers to deal with the outbreak.

On April 7, President Duterte accepted the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to extend the Luzon ECQ until April 30. On April 17, it was reported that the country managed to reduce the reproductive number of the viral disease from 1.5 to 0.65, which means the average number of people a person can infect from more than one less than one has dropped. Recent data shows the country is flattening the curve but has been warned of a "resurgence" and needs to step up mass testing to isolate cases and prevent further transmission of COVID-19. At some point in late April, local government units (LGUs) were no longer authorized to impose quarantine measures without the consent of the IATF-EID. Prior to this period, LGUs were able to impose such measures in coordination with the Interior Ministry and the local government.

The ECQ in Luzon was extended until May 15th in some areas. These include Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Central Luzon (excluding Aurora), Pangasinan, and Benquet. The ECQ measures were also extended to Cebu and Davao City. After May 15, the Philippine government revised its quarantine classifications in line with an earlier announcement that "science and business will be considered in any change in lockdown measures". A Modified Extended Community Quarantine (MECQ) has been applied to Metro Manila. Laguna and Cebu City, while a GCQ was raised to 41 provinces and 10 cities with moderate risk. Meanwhile, 40 provinces and 11 cities considered "low risk areas" were due to be released from Community quarantine, but have been upgraded to a "modified general quarantine" (MGCQ) following an alleged "honest mistake" by the EU national government and inquiries from respective LGUs.

The Philippine government revised the announcements and decided that the entire country would fall under the GCQ, while Metro Manila, Laguna and Cebu City continued to adopt an MECQ. This is temporary until MGCQ's guidelines are finalized in low risk areas. The IATF-EID is also reportedly considering reclassifying provinces and cities in central Luzon as "high risk areas" under the MECQ. After the IATF-EID received petitions from LGUs, it revised its quarantine guidelines again. Cebu City and Mandaue have been placed under ECQ, while Metro Manila, Laguna and Central Luzon (with the exception of Aurora and Tarlac) are all under MECQ. The rest of the countries are still on GCQ.

As of May 22, 2020, 13,597 COVID-19 cases and 857 COVID-19 deaths were registered in the country. According to President Rodrigo Duterte , strict exit restrictions will come into force again for the 12.8 million inhabitants of the metropolitan area of ​​Manila on August 4, 2020. The Ministry of Health had recently reported a record 5032 new infections.

statistics

The number of cases developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines as follows:

Infections

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in the Philippines (daily course)
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in the Philippines (weekly course)
according to WHO data

New infections (daily) in the Philippines
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

New infections (per calendar week) in the Philippines
according to WHO data

Deaths

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in the Philippines (daily course)
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in the Philippines (over a week)
according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (daily) in the Philippines
(April 16 to August 16, 2020) according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (per calendar week) in the Philippines
according to WHO data

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Since August 17, 2020, the WHO reports have only been published weekly, but contain additional information (around cases per million inhabitants). The last daily WHO report ( No. 209 , pdf) was published on August 16, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} This lists cases that have been reported to WHO by national authorities. Since the situation is very dynamic, there may be discrepancies or delays between the cases of the WHO and the data of national authorities as well as the information provided by other bodies, such as the Johns Hopkins University (CSSE).
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Apparently due to the changeover of the recording time from 10 a.m. CET to 0 a.m. CET, the information in WHO report No. 57 and No. 58 is identical and therefore the report of March 18 was not taken into account here, in order to double count of newly infected as well as daily deaths.
4. ↑ In the WHO report of March 16, 2020 (pdf) the new cases are 0, but 29 more than in the WHO report from the previous day (140 instead of 111), so that 29 is given here instead of 0, especially since the number continues to rise on the following days and the same error occurs in the death rates: March 15: 6, March 16: 12, but +0.
5. ↑ In the WHO report of March 16, 2020 (pdf) there is 0 for the new cases, but there are 6 more than in the WHO report from the previous day (12 instead of 6), so that instead of the 0 here the 6 is given and the same The newly infected error occurs: March 15: 111, March 16: 140, but +0.

Social consequences

crime

Attacks on health workers in the Philippines have occurred in connection with the pandemic.

Evacuations

In May 2020, the pandemic hampered efforts to evacuate large areas due to Typhoon Vongfong . An estimated 200,000 people have had to leave their homes because of the threat of floods and landslides caused by the typhoon.

See also

• List of epidemics and pandemics
• List of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic

Web links

Commons : COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines  - Pictures, Videos and Audio Files Collection

• World Health Organization (WHO): Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports on the website www.who.int (English)
• Johns Hopkins CSSE : Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases. (English)
• Website World of Meters : real-time data of the Corona virus pandemic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
2. ↑ Tagesschau: "Deeply worried". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
3. ↑ Philippines confirms first case of new coronavirus. In: news.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved April 13, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed on May 10, 2020 . 
5. ↑ inquirer.net
6. ↑ Coronavirus: First coronavirus death outside of China in the Philippines , zeit.de , February 2, 2020
7. ↑ Food shortage looms in Philippines amid coronavirus quarantine. In: straitstimes.com. March 30, 2020, accessed April 13, 2020 . 
8. ^ Alan Robles: Coronavirus: in the Philippines, cargo containers packed with food pile up in ports amid lockdown. In: scmp.com. April 2, 2020, accessed on April 13, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Azer Parrocha: State of public health emergency declared in PH . In: Philippine News Agency , March 9, 2020. 
10. ↑ Duterte declares state of calamity over PH for next 6 months amid rise in COVID-19 cases . In: Manila Bulletin , March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2020. 
11. ↑ How COVID-19 testing is conducted in PH . In: CNN Philippines , March 20, 2020. 
12. ↑ Sofia Tomacruz: Duterte signs law granting himself special powers to address coronavirus outbreak . In: Rappler , March 25, 2020. 
13. ↑ Julie Aurelio: Eased lockdown till May 31 in Metro Manila, Cebu City, Laguna . In: Inquirer , May 13, 2020. 
14. ↑ Pia Ranada: Metro Manila, Cebu City, Laguna under 'modified' ECQ until May 31 . In: Rappler , May 12, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020. 
15. ↑ Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos: IATF-EID reviews appeals to include provinces under MECQ . In: Philippine News Agency , May 15, 2020. 
16. ↑ Katrina HÅLLARE: Cebu City, Mandaue City under ECQ; more Luzon provinces now MECQ until May 31 . In: Inquirer , May 16, 2020. 
17. ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/coronavirus-news-am-montag-die-wichtsten-entwicklungen-zu-sars-cov-2-und-covid-19-a-f1891162-ad7c-4ab9-960b -bdca7170468a
18. ↑ ^{a b c d} As of August 16, 2020, the daily announcement of the figures was changed to a weekly rhythm. The numbers of the first weekly report ( August 17, 2020 , pdf) are identical to those of the WHO report No. 209 (August 16, 2020, pdf) and are also based on the status of August 16, 2020 at 10 a.m. after the report itself is shown . They can therefore be continued seamlessly from the second weekly report ( August 24, 2020 , pdf), as this was announced accordingly at 10 a.m. on August 23, 2020. In order not to make this too confusing, the date of the publication (August 24th) is not used here for the database (August 23rd).
19. ↑ Sonja Peteranderl, DER SPIEGEL: Corona crisis in Mexico: Attacks on nursing staff and helpers - DER SPIEGEL - Politics. Retrieved May 6, 2020 . 
20. ↑ Attacked & underpaid: Medics in Philippines battle stigma, virus. Retrieved May 6, 2020 . 
21. ↑ Typhoon hits Philippines Vongfong, coronavirus hampers evacuation. In: aljazeera.com. May 14, 2020, accessed on May 22, 2020 .