A risk assessment on the COVID-19 situation in the Philippines : implications on the ECQ policy / by SA Quimbo, CT Latinazo, and JW Peabody

COVID-19 risk assessment is multi-faceted. The highly infectious nature of the virus in a naïve population, the high case fatality rate and health system over-burdening each need to be considered in developing a strategy to control the spread of the virus and mitigate its health and economic consequences. This note provides a framework for classifying LGUs by degree of risk and identifies policy options for each risk scenario. It urges the Department of Health (DOH) to: (i) re-assess risk levels of local government units (LGUs), (ii) undertake a 100 percent identification of place of residence of all COVID-19 confirmed cases and 100 percent reporting of number of isolation beds and ventilators by all hospitals, and (iii) develop and immediately implement a COVID-specific disease surveillance protocol, including mass testing, contact tracing, and quarantine. Careful and diligent implementation of these protocols will allow a gradual yet cautious and informed re-opening of the economy..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

[2020]

Erschienen:

Diliman, Quezon City: University of the Philippines School of Economics ; 2020

Reihe:

Discussion papers / UP School of Economics - no. 2020, 07 (April 2020)

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Quimbo, Stella Luz A. [VerfasserIn]
Latinazo, CT [VerfasserIn]
Peabody, John [VerfasserIn]

Links:

www.econ.upd.edu.ph [kostenfrei]
www.econ.upd.edu.ph [kostenfrei]
hdl.handle.net [kostenfrei]

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource (circa 24 Seiten) ; Illustrationen

Weitere IDs:

10419/243065

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

169692782X