Department of Health Sciences, Cebu Institute of Medicine, Cebu City, Philippines
Research Article
Philippines and Regional/Provincial Responses and Approaches to Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s): Garnace Lorei Felisse*, Rosello Juan Inaki and Ruiz Chloe Nicole
In a physically-distanced world, citizens are obliged to stay
enclosed by the four walls of their homes, medical
professionals are bustling in hospitals filled with virus-infected
patients and the government is addressing pressing matters
day-to-day. This ‘new normal’ was brought about by a new, novel
virus 2019-nCov that has swiftly landed to attack the world’s
inhabitants has taken the life of 1.65 M humans.
Magnifying to a region 7 province called Cebu, one amongst the
many affected provinces has 24,492 total COVID-19 cases, based
on December 2020, the highest in the Philippines. Cebu is the
second most populated province in the Philippines and the most
populated province in Central Visayas. It comprises six cities:
Cebu city, Mandaue city, Lapu Lapu city, Toledo city, Danao city
and Talisay city (Philippine statistics a.. View More»
DOI:
10.37421/2471-268X.23.9.2.001
