A recent study by the Interdisciplinary Applied Modeling (IAM) laboratory of the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao recommends that “the local government should consider extending the community quarantine” beyond the April 19 end date of the community quarantine in Davao City. The IAM lab is part of the UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team – Bioinformatics and Modeling Group, which is mainly composed of mathematicians across the different UP campuses.
Author: Padayon UP
WAHM, SAHM – we’ve probably heard of these before. The terms Work-at-home-moms or stay-at-home-moms have been circulating the virtual space for a few years now. Mothers, mostly, are the ones who maintain online jobs to earn while attending to their families. Today, however, forced by circumstances we find everyone staying home while earning. With the […]
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“During disasters, the most basic needs are to be attended,” says Dr. Johnrev Guilaran, clinical psychologist and assistant professor of the College of Arts and Sciences, UP Visayas during an orientation for the frontliners of the university’s six dormitories at the Miagao campus.
These included dorm managers, dorm staff and janitors assigned therein. The dorms continued their operation for the stranded students of UPV in view of the COVID19.
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Office of Student Affairs (OSA) launched an online tool to respond to the concerns of UPOU students amid the COVID-19 outbreak. This is the Offering Sincere Advocacy (O.S.A.) Helpdesk.
A young instructor from the University of the Philippines-Manila’s College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP) has earned the admiration of netizens for going beyond the call of duty amid the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
With classes suspended, Physical Therapy instructor Marvin Louie Ignacio devotes most of his time assembling and packing hundreds of face shields for medical frontliners.
The Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Committee on Psychosocial Emergency Services (UP CoPES) created KAMALAYAN (Awareness), a hub of articles, books, videos, podcasts, and other resource materials on psychosocial support and other related topics.
The primer was prepared by Professor Jorge Tigno with inputs from other faculty members of the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman. It hopes to provide basic information related to the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act of 2020 and encourage the readers to discuss the issues surrounding the law and its implementation
The extension of the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) raises the question on how effective the ECQ has been to contain the spread of COVID-19. If it is, how should it be implemented after April 30 without unnecessarily paralyzing local economies over a long period of time?
Sa patuloy na paglaban sa COVID-19, tumitindig ang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas bilang tunay na bulwagan ng dangal at husay para sa sambayanan.
Makikita sa maikling video, (Talunin Natin ang COVID-19! Bayanihan Na!) na ginawa ng TVUP, ang iba’t ibang naging tugon ng UP at ng walo nitong constituent universities upang labanan ang COVID-19.