2. COVID-19
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an
infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2
virus.
• Most people who fall sick with COVID-19 will
experience mild to moderate symptoms and
recover without special treatment. However,
some will become seriously ill and require
medical attention
3. COVID -19 HOW ITS SPREAD
• The virus can spread from an infected person’s
mouth or nose in small liquid particles when they
cough, sneeze, speak, sing or breathe. These
particles range from larger respiratory droplets to
smaller aerosols.
• You can be infected by breathing in the virus if you
are near someone who has COVID-19, or by
touching a contaminated surface and then your
eyes, nose or mouth. The virus spreads more easily
indoors and in crowded settings.
4. WHEN CORONAVIRUS START
• The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
that causes COVID-19 first emerged
in the Chinese city of Wuhan in 2019
and was declared a pandemic by the
World Health Organization (WHO).
In December 2020, the US launched
a national vaccination campaign.
5. COVID-19 STARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
• CASE PRESENTATION Both patients were
previously healthy Chinese nationals on
vacation in the Philippines travelling as
a couple during January 2020. Patient 1,
a 39-year-old female, had symptoms of
cough and sore throat and was admitted
to San Lazaro Hospital in Manila on
January 25.
6. SYMTOMPS OF COVID-19
• Possible symptoms include:
• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea
7. COVID -19 IN THE PHILIPPINES
• The Philippines reported its first suspected case of
COVID-19 in January 2020. It involved a 5-year-old
boy in Cebu, who arrived in the country on January 12
with his mother. At that time, the Philippines had no
capability to conduct COVID-19 tests. The boy tested
positive for "non-specific pancoronavirus assay" in
the RITM. Samples from the boy were also sent to the
Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory in
Melbourne, Australia to determine the specific
coronavirus strain. The boy tested negative for COVID-
19 but several suspected cases were already reported
in various parts of the country.
8. What is the impact brought by the
pandemic to the Philippine economy?
• The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought
about undeniable adverse impacts to all
sectors of the Philippine economy, with the
Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) latest
Labor Force Survey (LFS) reporting that there
are currently 3.5 million unemployed
Filipinos and estimating the unemployment
rate at 7.4% (2021).
9. THE FIRST DISCOVERED THE COVID-19
VACCINE
• The Wuhan Institute, part of the state-
owned Chinese company Sinopharm,
launched phase 3 trials for its vaccine in July
2020 in the UAE, and in Peru and Morocco
in August 2020. On 25 February 2021, China
announced the approval of the Wuhan
vaccine for general use.
10. WHO INVENTED THE PFIZER VACCINE
• Who invented Pfizer vaccine?
• Katalin Karikó, PhD, is a biochemist and
researcher, best known for her contributions
to mRNA technology and the COVID-19
vaccines. Karikó and co-collaborator Drew
Weissman, MD, PhD, invented the modified
mRNA technology used in Pfizer-BioNTech
and Moderna's vaccines to prevent COVID-19
infection.
11. WHO INVENTED THE MODERNA
VACCINE
• COVAXIN®, India's indigenous
COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat
Biotech is developed in
collaboration with the Indian
Council of Medical Research
(ICMR) - National Institute of
Virology (NIV).
