MINIMUM PUBLIC

HEALTH STANDARDS
 MINIMUM PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
• Aims to provide guidance on sectoral
planning on the implementation of “NON
PHARMACEUTICAL INTERNVETIONS (NPIs) as
minimum public health standards to mitigate
the threat of COVID-19, and shall serve as a
basis in the decision-making process and
development of more specific sectoral
policies for COVID-19 response.
 GUIDELINES ON
MINIMUM PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS

References used by DepEd in outlining its Minimum

Health Standards include Guidelines on the Risk Based
Public Health Standards for COVID-19 as issued by the
Department of Health (DOH) as follows:
• Mitigation “the action of reducing the severity,
seriousness”
• Increasing Mental and Physical Resillence “The
Capacity to Recover”
• Reducing Transmission, Contact and Duration of
Infection
 THE NEW NORMAL

The New Normal: refers to the behaviour,

situations, practices that will be
institutionalized to reduce transmission of the
illness; actions that will become second
nature to the general public.
WHAT TO PREPARE IN SCHOOLS AND OFFICES
• Non-contact thermal • Foot Bath Areas
scanners
• Social Distancing
• Face Masks
Protocols
• Face Shields
• Functional Hand
• Isopropyl Alcohol 70%
Washing Facilities
• Barangay Exit Pass
• Hand Sanitizers
• Transparent
Dividers/Counters
• QR Codes
FACE MASK FOOT BATH THERMAL
SCAN
SOCIAL/PHYSICAL DISTANCING
Washing your hands properly takes about as long as singing
"Happy Birthday" twice,
 WHAT TO DO IN SCHOOLS
• Physical distancing and maintaining personal hygiene to minimize the risk
of infection.
• Students and school personnel with fever will not be allowed to go to
school; medical cert when reporting back
• Regular disinfection in all schools areas. (all rooms, school grounds,
canteens); clean your own personal spaces.
• One confirmed patient, school should close down; everyone at the school
should self-quarantine for 2 weeks. (referral to BHERT)
• All classrooms should have isopropyl alcohol or alcohol based hand
sanitizers.
 WHAT TO DO IN SCHOOLS
• Encourage pupils to bring their own hand sanitizers.
• Advise everyone to bring their own meals, snacks, and eating
utensils.
• Hand-washing facilities.
• Number of pupils per classroom will be smaller.
• Activities involving grouping of students should be discouraged.
• Moving from one classroom to another should be avoided.
• Dissuade parents/ guardians from staying in school premises.
 CONCERNS/WHAT TO PREPARE FOR
• Schools/ classrooms can become breeding grounds for a
new wave of COVID-19 infections.
• Children will be more exposed to infection.
• Water, sanitation, and hygiene status in schools (WinS)
• Medical experts believed the virus are affecting other
organs in children.
• Crowding of parents/ guardians in schools.
 WHAT TO DO? WHAT IS OUR MINDSET
• Reopening of schools should not be viewed as the end of the
outbreak.
• All should remain vigilant.
• Proactive; learn how to navigate in this new normal.
• Close coordination and collaboration with the local officials.
• Partnership with stakeholders.
• Referral to BHERT or to any nearby health facility of respiratory
illnesses.
• Weekly submission of Checklist of Learners with Chief Complaints
to the Division Medical Office
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
IN SCHOOLS
THERMAL
SCANNING

FOOT BATH
 DIRECT CONTACT
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
SOCIAL DISTANCING
MEASURES
HANDWASHING FACILITIES
Executive Order #66 Series 2012:

“PRESCRIBING RULES ON THE

CANCELLATION OR SUSPENSION OF CLASSES
AND WORK IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES DUE
TO TYPHOONS, FLOODING, OTHER WEATHER
DISTURBANCES, AND CALAMITIES”
DepEd Order #43, Series 2012:

“GUIDELINES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 66 Series 2012”
 FOOD FOR THOUGHT
“The virus risk is not gone. But we must strive to
find balance in quarantine and life. Schools must
build a new educational system in which our
students are safe both at home and at school.”

-Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae

( South Korea)