00000cab a22000003a 4500 UP-1685675941123976192 Buklod 20231008011924.0 a r |||| u| ta 210505s xx d | ||r ||||| || UPVTC eng Aguilar, Filomeno V., Jr. author. Preparedness, agility, and the Philippine response to the Covid-19 pandemic the early phase in comparative Southeast Asian perspective Filomeno V. Aguilar, Jr. pp.373-421 tabs. "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 phase. It focuses on three issues: virus importation (speicfically the first Covid-19 case), testing, and contact tracing. The Philipine response is contrasted with those of Thailand and Vietnam, which, unlike the Philippines, have succeeded in lowing per capita mortality rate. Deficient in strategic agility, the Philippines failed to consider early on a scenario of extreme disease outbreak." COVID-19 Disease. Epidemics Philippines. COVID-19 pandemic. Philippine studies : historical and ethnographic viewpoints 68, 3-4 (Sep-Dec2020). Fl UPTAC UPTAC Article