MANILA, Philippines—It has been a year since the Philippines recorded its first case of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and yet the country still continues to grapple with SARS Cov2, the virus that causes it.
INQUIRER.netlooks back at the most pressing stories about the pandemic in the country. Fromhow COVID-19 emerged from being a nameless disease to being the country’s biggest health crisis in decades and how the government handled it.
JANUARY
On Jan. 30, 2020, almost a month after China reported a “cluster” of pneumonia cases “of unknown cause” in Wuhan, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the first case of “novel coronavirus 2019” in the country. The fir…
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