When the COVID-19 pandemic started, the hardest-hit sectors were frontliners and senior citizens. Authorities implemented extraordinary precautions for the elderly, who were twice as vulnerable to the virus. They were at the highest risk for infection, hospitalization, and death from the get-go. Making things worse is that senior citizens were not allowed to go out […]
Tag: public health
The University of the Philippines (UP), in partnership with UP Manila NIH National Telehealth Center and cooperation with UP Philippine General Hospital (PGH), would like to invite you to join the fight against COVID-19. On November 26, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for an urgent meeting to discuss the new variant of concern […]


