The document discusses the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts. It notes that lockdowns and restrictions have impacted how children learn and families earn livings. While threats remain, some countries are lifting restrictions. It encourages building back in a way that learns from this experience to create a better world for children. It stresses the importance of continuing safety measures like social distancing and self-isolation to slow the spread. It acknowledges the toll on societies and economies but notes this is for our collective good and health workers on the frontlines. It expresses hope that the resilience and camaraderie seen will help overcome challenges and we will get through the crisis together towards a healed world.
The document discusses the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts. It notes that lockdowns and restrictions have impacted how children learn and families earn livings. While threats remain, some countries are lifting restrictions. It encourages building back in a way that learns from this experience to create a better world for children. It stresses the importance of continuing safety measures like social distancing and self-isolation to slow the spread. It acknowledges the toll on societies and economies but notes this is for our collective good and health workers on the frontlines. It expresses hope that the resilience and camaraderie seen will help overcome challenges and we will get through the crisis together towards a healed world.
The document discusses the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts. It notes that lockdowns and restrictions have impacted how children learn and families earn livings. While threats remain, some countries are lifting restrictions. It encourages building back in a way that learns from this experience to create a better world for children. It stresses the importance of continuing safety measures like social distancing and self-isolation to slow the spread. It acknowledges the toll on societies and economies but notes this is for our collective good and health workers on the frontlines. It expresses hope that the resilience and camaraderie seen will help overcome challenges and we will get through the crisis together towards a healed world.
The document discusses the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts. It notes that lockdowns and restrictions have impacted how children learn and families earn livings. While threats remain, some countries are lifting restrictions. It encourages building back in a way that learns from this experience to create a better world for children. It stresses the importance of continuing safety measures like social distancing and self-isolation to slow the spread. It acknowledges the toll on societies and economies but notes this is for our collective good and health workers on the frontlines. It expresses hope that the resilience and camaraderie seen will help overcome challenges and we will get through the crisis together towards a healed world.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Day!
The coronavirus disease (COVID-
19) pandemic is of a scale most people alive today have never seen. Lockdowns and curfews to contain the spread of the virus impacted the way children learn, the way their families earn a living, and how safe they feel in their homes and communities. Despite the ongoing threat, countries around the world are starting to lift restrictions. As we question whether we will ever go back to what we once knew to be “normal”, it’s worth taken a step back to see how we can build on what we have learned to build back a better world for children. First and foremost, we must inculcate into our minds to stay home, unless it is truly necessary or if there are immediate needs that must be acquired outside of our homes. Consequently, let us spread this message to our peers and also those who are within the reach of our influence. In order to flatten the curve, we must participate in mitigating the increasing number of cases. Observe physical distance and, when you are sick, practice self-isolation from the others. This is already a great help to combat the pandemic. We are all called every day to take urgent and aggressive action. We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear. Just by looking at the number of the affected countries does not tell the full story. All countries can still change the course of this pandemic. Several countries have demonstrated that this virus can be suppressed and controlled. Some countries are struggling with lack of capacity, lack of resolve and some countries are struggling with lack of resources. We are grateful for the measures being taken by our country, to slow the virus and control the epidemic. We know that these measures are taking a heavy toll in our societies and economies. This is everybody’s business. It is for our own good and for the greater good that we stay in our homes. We could help our nation stand up and fight, for our health workers at the frontlines in this battle. They, who became our new world heroes. We also acknowledge our low-skilled workers who play a significant role in combatting the pandemic. But, even from the safety of our homes, we have seen your commendable efforts to help and serve the people, who are in dire need of basic commodities due to diminishing access to resources brought by the lockdown. Now, as we struggle to transition from our young lives without lockdown to the ‘new normal’ with the rest of the world, my hope is that the spirit of our resilience and the camaraderie among Filipinos and the global community persist and win against all the forces that try to bring the whole world down. Let us stay safe, well-informed and positive as we fight hand in hand. We will get through this crisis together and we will be multiple steps closer towards a new world with a healed humankind. Thank You.