{"id":11311,"date":"2021-06-10T11:59:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T03:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/?p=11311"},"modified":"2021-06-10T12:10:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T04:10:15","slug":"how-is-the-philippines-dealing-with-the-pandemic-compared-to-other-south-east-asian-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/tl\/how-is-the-philippines-dealing-with-the-pandemic-compared-to-other-south-east-asian-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"How is the Philippines dealing with the pandemic compared to other South East Asian nations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Duterte administration claims to excellently address the COVID-19 pandemic, going so far as to compare its response with developed countries. Yet as economies gear towards recovery, it has become clear that the Philippine government\u2019s militaristic and non-scientific pandemic measures have resulted in worse health and economic conditions for most Filipinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ph-vs-sea-nations-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ph-vs-sea-nations-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ph-vs-sea-nations-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ph-vs-sea-nations-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ph-vs-sea-nations-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ph-vs-sea-nations-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ph-vs-sea-nations-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ph-vs-sea-nations-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ph-vs-sea-nations-110x110.png 110w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ph-vs-sea-nations-1000x1000.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines has among the most stringent responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, at 71.8 points, 100 being the strictest in terms of limiting  mobility and gatherings such as in schools, workplaces, public and recreational venues, and travel.such as school and workplace closures, prohibiting social gatherings, and travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort1-stringency-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort1-stringency-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort1-stringency-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort1-stringency-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort1-stringency-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort1-stringency-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort1-stringency-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort1-stringency-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort1-stringency-110x110.png 110w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort1-stringency-1000x1000.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PH vaccination rollout is one of the latest to commence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort2-start-vaxx-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort2-start-vaxx-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort2-start-vaxx-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort2-start-vaxx-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort2-start-vaxx-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort2-start-vaxx-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort2-start-vaxx-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort2-start-vaxx-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort2-start-vaxx-110x110.png 110w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort2-start-vaxx-1000x1000.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PH vaccination rollout is among the slowest to progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort3-current-vaxx-ao-jun9-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort3-current-vaxx-ao-jun9-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort3-current-vaxx-ao-jun9-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort3-current-vaxx-ao-jun9-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort3-current-vaxx-ao-jun9-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort3-current-vaxx-ao-jun9-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort3-current-vaxx-ao-jun9-1-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort3-current-vaxx-ao-jun9-1-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort3-current-vaxx-ao-jun9-1-110x110.png 110w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort3-current-vaxx-ao-jun9-1-1000x1000.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At 5.2% of gross domestic product, Philippine health and income support is measly compared to the enormity of the public health crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort4-response-measure-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort4-response-measure-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort4-response-measure-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort4-response-measure-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort4-response-measure-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort4-response-measure-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort4-response-measure-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort4-response-measure-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort4-response-measure-110x110.png 110w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort4-response-measure-1000x1000.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines appears well-performing compared to other countries in terms of testing, but being able to test less than 50,000 per day falls short of the hundreds of thousands of tests needed to be done given a seven-day rolling average of several thousands of cases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort5-testing-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort5-testing-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort5-testing-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort5-testing-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort5-testing-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort5-testing-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort5-testing-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort5-testing-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort5-testing-110x110.png 110w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/effort5-testing-1000x1000.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines has among the highest inflation rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome1-inflation-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome1-inflation-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome1-inflation-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome1-inflation-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome1-inflation-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome1-inflation-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome1-inflation-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome1-inflation-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome1-inflation-110x110.png 110w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome1-inflation-1000x1000.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines has among the slowest economic growth in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome2-growth-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome2-growth-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome2-growth-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome2-growth-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome2-growth-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome2-growth-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome2-growth-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome2-growth-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome2-growth-110x110.png 110w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome2-growth-1000x1000.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The indicator with which the Philippines bests other countries: lack of jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome3-unemployment-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome3-unemployment-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome3-unemployment-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome3-unemployment-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome3-unemployment-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/outcome3-unemployment-1536x1536.png 1536w, 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