Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/243065 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2020-07
Publisher: 
University of the Philippines, School of Economics (UPSE), Quezon City
Abstract: 
COVID-19 risk assessment is multi-faceted. The highly infectious nature of the virus in a naïve population, the high case fatality rate and health system over-burdening each need to be considered in developing a strategy to control the spread of the virus and mitigate its health and economic consequences. This note provides a framework for classifying LGUs by degree of risk and identifies policy options for each risk scenario. It urges the Department of Health (DOH) to: (i) re-assess risk levels of local government units (LGUs), (ii) undertake a 100 percent identification of place of residence of all COVID-19 confirmed cases and 100 percent reporting of number of isolation beds and ventilators by all hospitals, and (iii) develop and immediately implement a COVID-specific disease surveillance protocol, including mass testing, contact tracing, and quarantine. Careful and diligent implementation of these protocols will allow a gradual yet cautious and informed re-opening of the economy.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
Philippines
risk-assessment
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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