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He said this means that the majority of the people are deferring health treatment due to lack of resources for healthcare, mobility restrictions, or the fear of getting infected in hospitals. Further, 1 in 3 children below 5 years old are stunted short for their age ; 1 in 5 are underweight; and 1 in 17 are wasted low weight for their height. CHUA said unwanted pregnancies increased by , over the 16 month quarantine period.

The share of pregnant women receiving pre-natal care also dropped from 99 to 61 percent. The data also showed more than half of Filipino workers faced a mental health challenge and 23 percent of workers thought about quitting their job. Chua said studies by the World Health Organization estimated that life expectancy post-Covid could be 1 to 4 years shorter.

If life expectancy will be cut due to early death, Chua said this will lead to foregone wages. In the Philippines, the PSA noted that life expectancy is at 71 years old for males and 77 for females.

If this will be cut by 1 to 4 years, the life expectancy of males will be reduced to 67 to 70 years while life expectancy for females will be cut to around 76 to 73 years. Chua noted in his presentation that people who recover from COVID experience other health concerns such as brain fog, weakness, respiratory damage. Your email address will not be published.

But we have clarified that, and I think they have agreed that the amount would be much bigger than their initial estimate," Chua said. NEDA has consistently pushed for the pilot of face-to-face classes, with Chua even saying they have presented the matter to the country's pandemic response task force multiple times.

Chua was referring to the planned pilot of physical classes in low-risk areas in January, which President Rodrigo Duterte shelved in February due to the Alpha and Beta variants' threat. Albay 2 nd District Rep. Jose Maria Clemente S. Salceda has called for bigger stimulus spending to boost the economy, but in a television interview last week he stressed the need for a faster rollout of other existing stimulus programs. He said the slow disbursement of Bayanihan III funds for government financial institutions GFIs may impact their subsidized interest lending schemes and credit guarantee programs for a ff ected sectors.

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