Pandemic Year 3: Unmasking the Philippines' first warriors vs. COVID-19

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News

“Wala na munang diet-diet. Baka ito na ang last meal natin.”(Let’s not go on a diet just yet. This might just be our last meal.)

It took several months before many governments across the world took COVID-19 seriously. The virus spread and crossed borders before the World Health Organization called it a pandemic on March 11, 2020. In the Philippines, the battle began quite early with two doctors being among the first soldiers to grapple with the virus that stopped the world and dismantled normalcy.<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='People line up for swab test at a COVID-19 testing facility at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila on January 4, 2022. The government raised the alert level to 3 in response to the sharp increase in the number of cases amid the threat of the omicron variant. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/FILE' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/03/15/20230315-doctor.jpg' ><figcaption>Dr. Myvie Galon and Dr. Bren Dagoc. Contributed photos​</figcaption></figure></div>

The battle against COVID-19 in the Philippines began quite early with two doctors being among the first soldiers.

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Pandemic Year 3: Unmasking the Philippines' first warriors vs. COVID-19

Pandemic Year 3: Unmasking the Philippines' first warriors vs. COVID-19