The COVID-19 Pandemic

 Since the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the Philippines with the lockdown  for Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) of Luzon on March 16, 2020, there were so many questions people had in mind.  Until when will it be in effect and how will it affect the people in general?  Previous health concerns like SARS and MERS, they were not as serious as the corona virus.  They were addressed within a reasonable time and there was no real concern for a pandemic.

By September of this year, 2020, the pandemic has gone global on its 6th month.   As of this writing, corona virus cases total is 27,062,744 with 883,740 deaths and 19,162,691 recovered.  There are 7,016,313 currently active infected patients, most though are mild cases.  On a daily average, there are around 200,000 to 250,000 new cases.  Asymptomatic cases were not determined until much later when more tests were being done.  It is fortunate that the death rate is quite low at 3.26% only while recovery rate is a high 70.8%.

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It is sad to note though that there is no foreseeable end or an appreciable drop of Covid-19 infections and cases.  Mass testing could probably be the only way to find out how much of the population has asymptomatic cases that can be responsible for the spread of the virus.