Coronavirus Metro Manila Centre of Gravity | PH Press Release May 1

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DOH COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #047 As of 4PM today, April 30, 2020, the Department of Health reports 276 new cases (PH8213-PH8488) of COVID-19. The total number of cases in the country is now at 8,488….

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Breakdown of New Cases
April 30, Thursday at 4pm
276 Cases, 10 Deaths, 20 Recoveries
Data Source: DOH via ncovtracker.doh.gov.ph To receive an instant update on list of total cases by city and…

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n.d. Gov’t finalizes rules for areas under enhanced, general community quarantine

[WWW Document]. URL https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/4/30/Philippines-ECQ-GCQ-lockdown-quarantine-guidelines-COVID-19.html

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n.d. Essential work and small religious gatherings allowed in GCQ

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n.d. Work resumes in GCQ areas – The Manila Times

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n.d. Supreme Court reduces bail to free more indigent inmates

[WWW Document]. URL https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/4/30/supreme-court-bail-indigent-inmates.html

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n.d. Robredo: Why re-open POGOs before Filipino businesses?

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n.d. ‘Seniors can go to work, buy goods’

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n.d. Quarantine restrictions based on age slammed

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Conclusioni

Il 1 Maggio 2020, vede i lavoratori delle Phil per la prima volta protestare online e non per strada per via del ban covid-19.  E oggi 1 maggio inizia l’era della GCQ, ovvero la Quarantena alleggerita, la via verso la normalità, General Community Quarantine, ma non per tutti e Manila centro di gravità della pandemia ne è ovviamente esclusa e si aggiunge la città di Cebu e altre zone ben definite che vedremo durante la rassegna stampa a video. 

Fortunati chi vive a Bohol, Puerto Galera ad esempio, oggi saranno sotto la GCQ, ma ci sono ancora dei limiti per l’età che vedremo in dettaglio. 

Si aggiunge un nuovo tracker, una dashboards dell’Università delle Philippines che a me piace molto perché semplice e completo. Oltre ai casi, annota nella stessa pagina il numero dei test sino ad ora condotti nelle Phil che sono circa 93k e fa proiezioni sulla curva nota ormai a tutti.

Il picco mica è stato ancora raggiunto e si prevede che lo sia intorno alla metà di Maggio. D’altra parte siamo partiti col primo caso a Taguig,  a livello locale avvenuto  l’8 marzo scorso, neanche due mesi sono passati. Si, fortunati quelli fuori all’area di Manila, perchè con queste premesse chissà se la ECQ in Manila abbia tutte le ragioni per essere prolungata ulteriormente dopo il 15 Maggio, magari con delle eccezzioni per far ripartire l’economia. 

La protesta nei confronti della Cina per la famosa disputa delle acque territoriali, si fa più marcata, dopo che la stessa ha nominato due distretti con nomi propri  “Nansha” and “Xisha” dando per scontato la paternità.

C’è un caso di un uomo sui 41 anni che ha visto amputarsi una gamba per la formazione di coaguli generati dal coronavirus e probabilmente per essere stato fermo per diverso tempo, oltre 3 settimane in terapia intensiva,  coaguli che si formano non solo negli arti ma che sono stati notati a seguito di autopsie anche negli organi interni. Ci sono asintomatici positivi, persone che magari non sapranno mai di avere avuto il coronavirus, altri che si saranno ricoverati al 100% ed altri  invece che riporteranno i segni indelebili della malattia per il resto della loro vita e rimarranno in cura per sempre per gli organi interni che risulteranno corrotti  come polmoni, cuore, reni e cervello. Nessuno si augura di ammalarsi perchè sembra un macabro terno al lotto.

Si fa forte la convinzione generale che il virus non sia stato manipolato in laboratorio, ma che in invece sia il risultato di una trasmnissione animale uomo, come del resto è avvenuto per le altre pandemie precedenti. E allora che si vietino i wet market di animali selvatici a rischio, che si implementino delle regolazioni ferree partendo dapprima dal paese che ha generato il virus,  che si vede protagonista sempre senza rispettare le norme sulle acque internazionali, come di chi è  in coda e tenta di superarla senza rispettare il turno degli altri avanti a lui, finchè qualcuno non gli ricorda di farlo.

Giovanni, Metro Manila

p.s. Segue la rassegna stampa a video, per vederla iscriviti su y-Tube.

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