“It was probably during those times that I got the virus, despite my wearing a face mask. Face shields were not imposed yet then,” Solang said.
LIVING WITH VIRUS Baguio residents, equipped with masks and face shields, have learned to live with COVID-19 throughout 2020. The tourism-dependent economy of the summer capital re-opened in the latter part of last year as the government awaits the arrival of vaccines.—EV ESPIRITU“The building [where I was isolated] was newly built, apparently rushed for the pandemic.
“There was no direct communication to the nurses’ station—no [closed-circuit television cameras] or intercom. When I was confined, the nurses gave me the cell phone number of the nurses’ station and I was instructed to report to them if I needed something. Rounds were done three times a day,” Solang said.Dr.
Solang’s husband Ben was an activist who died of a massive heart attack on the anniversary of the First Quarter Storm at Bulwagan ng Mga Bayani on Jan. 26, 2018. He was attending the launch of the book “Of Tyrants and Martyrs” and fell unconscious right after delivering his speech, she said. Her youngest, 24-year-old Paolo Kedawen Solang, is an economic casualty of the pandemic, having lost his job as a bartender.Petra, her mother, a recipient of the 2009 Laureate Prize for Rural Women, was widowed at the age of 23.
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