November 2021 Issue No.

TODAY
NEWSPAPER

COVID - 19
Everyone is Connected in this Pandemic

TODAY’S TOPICS
The COVID-19 pandemic will most likely be the most difficult public
Coronavirus: Social Distancing
health issue of our lifetime. Nonetheless, individuals across the region
Facemask: The Shield Against Covid- are discovering new ways to leverage their shared humanity, even as
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the virus keeps them physically separate. As we rise to the occasion,
Vaccines: The Ultimate Offensive
we shall follow in their steps, working together to defeat the
Weapon
Environmental Effects of Covid-19 pandemic and forging deeper, more lasting links of human solidarity.
Today’s CORONAVIRUS: SOCIAL
DISTANCING

COVID
by: Marlou Siobrian

News

Today’s Presently, the COVID-19, the illness it causes, is spreading

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among networks in the Philippines and different nations, phrases
such as "physical distancing," and "self-quarantine" are
appearing in the media. What do they mean, and how should they
concern you, your family, and your local area? DOH explains
these ideas so you can see better why they're being suggested.

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The act of social separating implies remaining at home and away
from others however much as could be expected to assist with
forestalling the spread of COVID-19. The act of social removing
empowers the utilization of things, for example, online video and
telephone correspondence rather than in-person contact. As
people group resume and individuals are all the more frequently
openly, the expression "physical removing" (rather than social
separating) is being utilized to support the need to remain
something like 6 feet from others, just as wearing facial

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coverings.

All things considered, social separating was likewise utilized

conversely to demonstrate physical removing which is
characterized underneath. Be that as it may, social removing is a
technique unmistakable from the physical separating conduct.
COVID FACEMASK: THE SHIELD
AGAINST COVID-19
News by: Rossemare Gabriel Torregosa

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Whenever an infected person coughs, sneezes, or speaks,
infectious droplets are spread to those in close vicinity. These
droplets can also stay in the air and be breathed by persons
nearby, resulting in the virus spreading further.

Face masks keep ill persons from spitting respiratory droplets

from their nostrils and lips by trapping big infectious droplets
within the mask. They can also, to some extent, prevent
minuscule droplets from being distributed into the air. Wearing
disposable face masks can therefore assist to minimize viral
transmission and flatten the curve.

Personal protective equipment (PPE) such as face masks, face

shields, and physical distance should not be disregarded.
According to research, wearing masks reduces the risk of
transmission by up to 85 percent, while keeping a one-meter
physical distance reduces the risk of transmission by 80 percent.
A disposable face mask, which is designed to establish a barrier
against droplets, works as a protective shield for a healthy
individual and prevents direct contact with the virus droplets. It
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prevents pathogens from entering the oral and nasal spaces, hence
keeping the user secure.

VACCINES: THE

COVID ULTIMATE OFFENSIVE

WEAPON

News
by: Yvonne Marie Lapinid

Today’s Equitable access to safe and effective vaccines is critical to

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ending the COVID-19 pandemic, so it is hugely encouraging
to see so many vaccines proving and going into development.
WHO is working tirelessly with partners to develop,
manufacture and deploy safe and effective vaccines.

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Safe and effective vaccines are a game-changing tool: but for
the foreseeable future, we must continue wearing masks,
cleaning our hands, ensuring good ventilation indoors,
physically distancing, and avoiding crowds.

Being vaccinated does not mean that we can throw caution to

the wind and put ourselves and others at risk, particularly
because research is still ongoing into how much vaccines
protect not only against disease but also against infection and
transmission. But it’s not vaccines that will stop the
pandemic, it’s vaccination. We must ensure fair and equitable
access to vaccines, and ensure every country receives them
and can roll them out to protect their people, starting with the
most vulnerable.
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ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
COVID OF COVID-19
by: Jerah Mae Yurong

News

Today’s
COVID The global disruption caused by the COVID-19 has brought about
several effects on the environment and climate. Due to movement
restriction and a significant slowdown of social and economic

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activities, air quality has improved in many cities with a reduction in
water pollution in different parts of the world. Besides, increased use
of PPE (e.g., face mask, hand gloves etc.), their haphazard disposal,
and generation of a huge amount of hospital waste has negative
impacts on the environment.

Maka-Diyos
Jerah Mae Yurong
Yvonne Marie Lapinid
Marlou Siobrian
Rossemare Gabriel Torregosa