To support his claim, Dr. Solante cited that Covid-19 cases are on the downtrend, that severe and critical infections have been minimal for several months, and that the health care utilization rate remains below 50 percent.
And such an assessment should include the many Covid-19 quarantine and isolation facilities—dubbed as We Heal as One Centers, Ligtas Covid and Mega Ligtas Covid Centers—that had to be set up in the past two years. Their primary purpose may already be winding down now that the spread of Covid-19 is under control and fewer people are contracting it. Yet, there still remains an urgent need for dedicated spaces that can act as transitional shelters especially in times of natural calamities.
Converting the isolation facilities into evacuation centers would also help ease the pressure to utilize public schools as evacuation centers. This has been a common practice across many local government units, and is understandable since many communities do not have permanent structures that can act as emergency shelters. Yet, such a practice leads to the unwarranted disruption of our children’s learning and development.
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