Preparedness, Agility, and the Philippine Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic The Early Phase in Comparative Southeast Asian Perspective

• Main Author: Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: COVID-19 PANDEMIC; AGILE GOVERNANCE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; CONTAINMENT STRATEGY; HEALTH SECURITY; Health Services Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/52; https://muse.jhu.edu/article/773016#info_wrap
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Was the Philippines prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic? Did the government take early and effective action that can be characterized as strategically agile? This article answers these questions by reconstructing the chronology of the Philippine government’s response to the pandemic during the early...