Call on governments and citizens at all levels to meet the needs of poor communities.

Call on governments and citizens at all levels to meet the needs of poor communities during the COVID-19 pandemic!.

Everyone is reminded to wash their hands and stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But how can this be when you do not have water, food, money or shelter? This is a major shortcoming of national and local government response to the epidemic. After the previous "Extended Community Quarantine", the second version of "Extended Community Quarantine" has the opportunity to improve government policies, but neglects the welfare and protection of the poorest citizens. Because the needs of the poor are being neglected, the continued implementation of landless and insensitive barriers is detrimental. It deepens social inequality and injustice, increases poverty and hunger, and increases health risks for the entire population.

On March 17, 2020, the nation's government declared a state of national disaster to help prevent the spread of Sewide-19. Metro Manila and all Luzon have been placed under "extended community quarantine". People were not allowed to leave the house. All forms of public transport, including MRTs, buses and tricycles, have been banned. The army and police were assigned outposts on all major roads.

This lockdown is similar to China and other COVID-19 affected countries. The lockdown is aimed at reducing the number of infections so that hospitals across the country can catch up. On March 19, 193, COVID-19 confirmation cases were handed over in the country. By the end of March, 26,000 Filipinos will be infected with COVID-19 if its spread is not stopped, according to a study by experts from the Asian Institute of Management.

“Social distancing” is important, but it is worth nothing how health policies discriminate against rich and powerful people. Politicians and actors test COVID-19 first, even if it violates DOH policy. The testing process in a private hospital is also expensive (the test kit itself is free).

Private cars are allowed to travel to Manila, but daily workers and dialysis patients are forced to walk a few kilometers through several checkpoints. Some homeless people have been arrested. There are even viral videos of men who live only on Roxas Boulevard and, especially at this time, are trying to get the government to think about them too. He said government policy had no heart for the poor. Wearing a dirty mask and looking straight at the camera, he said, "The government has forgotten us."

How wide and deep is this problem? Metro Manila is one of the busiest and busiest cities in the world. Metro Manila has more people than Delhi in India, Paris in France or Tokyo in Japan. It is the political, cultural and economic center of the whole of Lausanne.

About 70% of the country's economic output comes from lozenges. The total population of Metro Manila is estimated at 12.8 million, but due to the influx of workers from other cities, the number rises to more than 15 million in the morning. If you rely on the total population in Metro Manila, the neighboring cities are poor and 21.3 million people depend on Metro Manila. An estimated 2.5 million people live in informal communities in Metro Manila, while 3.1 million are homeless. There are 15.1 million poor households in the Philippines, and there are currently 300,000 in Metro Manila, according to official figures from the DSWD National Domestic Targeting System. The average poor family has 5 to 6 members.