Ramp up vaccination; learn to live productively with COVID-19

Out of 2.248 million cases of COVID-19 infection, 35,307 deaths have been recorded in the Philippines as of Sept. 13, 2021 or a mortality rate of 1.57 percent. This is lower than the global record: 4.55 million deaths out of 219 million cases, or 2 percent. Latest figures also show that from 70 to 90 percent of those critically ill and confined in hospitals’ intensive care units are unvaccinated patients.

Given these stark realities, does it make sense for governments to continue locking down businesses, communities, schools and churches? Doesn’t this approach impose such a steep penalty in terms of massive economic dislocation and severe social consequences? The new approach is based on the application of the principles of the 3Cs – closed, crowded, and close contact – strategy that will be applied in the National Capitol Region . The different Alert Levels correspond to the mediation of the contact situation in various scenarios of indoor or outdoor activities. The objective is to ensure appropriate physical or social distancing that will minimize opportunities for transmission and infection.

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