Japan’s COVID-19 strategy
Japan is transitioning out of its state emergency as the number of new SARS-COV-2 infections fall, despite no lockdowns, no...
Global and Local Developments
NEDA: Societal impacts of lockdown in RP
This article by Jake Maderazo for the Philippine Inquirer offers to us a rundown of some issues surrounding the COVID-19...
Open letter on lockdowns to Philippine governors, mayors, and legislators
Dear Local Chief Executives and Legislators, Within the next few days, President Rodrigo Duterte will make the decision whether to...
Can the Philippines’ health care system cope up with a COVID-19 surge?
This April 20, 2020 report published by the UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team, offers an assessment of the extent of...
Crucial COVID-19 data tallied two months late
In this article for ANC, infectious diseases and clinical pharmacology expert Dr. Benjamin Co breaks down the COVID-19 data being reported...
Philippine government recalls lifting of community quarantines
A day after announcing the lifting of community quarantines in several areas in Luzon, the government has recalled its decision...
Errors in Philippines’ COVID-19 data spotted by experts
In this article for The Philippine Star, Ratziel San Juan details the various errors and discrepancies in the Department of Health...
Sweden’s COVID-19 strategy will soon be the world’s
In this article for Foreign Affairs, authors Nils Karlson, Charlotta Stern, and Daniel Klein discuss the benefits of the Swedish COVID-19...
The Avoided and Unanswered Question: People Just Don’t Get It!
It is now almost two months into the lockdown here in the Philippines. And most people, especially those who make...
DOH says curve is flattening, but fight against COVID-19 continues
In this article written by Pia Ranada and Bonz Masambol for Rappler, health undersecretary Mario Rosario Vergeire says that the Philippines...