Another drawbacks of this pandemic is the economic crisis.

Philippines, as one of the developing

countries which is also considered as a poor country are now suffering from funds. For almost two
months, many parts in Luzon are under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) and Modified
Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). Since millions of people are under quarantine, lot of
Filipinos have no income to support their basic necessities. So, the government release billion peso to
the LGU’s to give relief goods and ameliorate their suffering from temporarily losing their jobs. We
can also notice that other malls are not operating due to this pandemic, in this case our country
resulted in a subdued growth for the economy in 2020. The more the pandemic brought widespread
job losses, the more our economy is in risk.

COVID-19 from the Wuhan, China also risk our country in terms of tourism. Our country quickly
increase income because we have lots of tourist attraction here, but due to this pandemic, domestic
and international flights including land, air, and sea are suspended. Also, those non-residents are not
allowed to go home in order to prevent the virus from spreading. Aside from that, COVID-19 has also
an impact in different businesses. One of the example is the export of products to some countries
which are suspended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus to other countries. According to the
article that I have read, mining operations of two companies in Surigao del Norte are also suspended
from April 1, 2020.

Another benefits of this pandemic is the impact on environment. Since land, air and sea
transportations are suspended, it helps our environment to avoid from different pollutions. Reducing
air pollution can reduce climate change and health risk, and as pollutions are being prevented, our
environment slowly take time to heal and flourish. The operations in some factories that are
operating also aid our environment. Hence, this pandemic can be considered as a wake-up call to us
that we should protect and love our environment as we love and protect ourselves.