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COVID-19 Update: Easing Up For the New Normal

The community quarantine was extended (in our place) up to May 15th. It is the last day of the isolation. Tomorrow is uncharted territory. But even now a tropical storm is bearing down on us with heavy rains and winds up to 125 km per hour. Rizal province where I live belongs to the moderate risk communities which experienced some cases of the corona virus but was able to control it. Metro Manila, Laguna and Cavite are still on lockdown due to ongoing cases of COVID-19.

Some businesses are opening. The food shops (take outs), utilities, the hardware stores, IT shops, the laundry shops, the list goes on, are allowed to open with caveats. Their staff have to wear masks. They still have to practice social distancing. Generally, offices can open and tell their workers to come to work. The thing is mass transport is still closed. No way for an ordinary worker to commute to their place of work. The government is urging offices to institute a work-at-home set up. My brother and his wife have been doing this since March in Vancouver, Canada. The country which adapted to the new normal first comes out of this pandemic a winner. The two economies that matter are China and the United States. China where the pandemic began, is showing negligible new cases even in Wuhan, the center of COVID-19. The United States is still fighting the fire raging in New York and New Jersey. They are trying to put it out but talking of opening business, at the same time. They are ignoring important steps like mapping the virus, contact tracing and testing.




top ten countries off of https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries website May 16, 2020.

It is time to see other people again. Iris comes twice a week. I wonder how M Roger is doing. I wish them safety today and the rest of their lives from this cursed virus.

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