Stop COVID Deaths Webinar #115 “MAY COVID-19 ANG KLASMEYT NG ANAK KO: Is it safe for my child to go back to school?”

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Webinar #115
“MAY COVID-19 ANG KLASMEYT NG ANAK KO:
Is it safe for my child to go back to school?”
September 2, 2022 (Friday) 12nn

Presenter:
Dr. Anna Ong-Lim
Member, DOH Technical Advisory Group
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant
Philippine General Hospital

Reactors:
Prof. Tirso A. Ronquillo
President, Batangas State University
President, Philippine Association of
State Universities and Colleges (PASUC)

Francie Castaneda-Lacanilao
Owner
The Learning Tree

Sr. Christine Pinto
President
St. Scholastica’s College Manila

Prof. Maria Cristina Damasco-Padolina
President and Chief Academic Officer
Centro Escolar University

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Webinar #115
September 2, 2022
“MAY COVID-19 ANG KLASMEYT NG ANAK KO: Is it safe for my child to go back to school?”

By November 2022, 27 million registered students are expected to head back to face-to-face learning. Currently, around 24,000 of the country’s public schools – or just less than half – will implement five days of face-to-face classes. The rest are still in hybrid mode.

Parents have had mixed feelings about this. The Philippines has been one of the countries with the longest lockdown of schools in the world. Some are excited for their kids to feel “normal” again – others feel that the benefit of socialization does not outweigh the risk brought by possible exposure and infection to COVID19 – not to mention concerns about long COVID in children

Much of the confusion is relative to varying advise and protocols coming from different experts particularly around common questions: If a classmate is sick should my child be isolated? How long? If a child has interacted unknowingly with a COVID19 (+) classmate, what is the next step? Who pays for testing? Are there isolation facilities in the school? If my child continues to have a COVID19 (+) test 14 days after the start of symptoms can the child go back to school?

In this episode of STOP COVID DEATHS, we will take a look at questions around exposure of chidlren and how this is to be managed without anxiety and panic. Lead presentor is Dr. Anna Ong-Lim, a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant at the Philippine General Hospital. Group of panelists representing different types of schools are as follows: (1) Prof. Tirso A. Ronquillo, PhD – President of Batangas State University and Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges, (2) Francie Castaneda-Lacanilao – owner of The Learning Tree, (3) Sr. Christine Pinto – President of St. Scholastica’s College Manila, and (4) Prof. Maria Cristina Damasco-Padolina, PhD – President and Chief Academic Officer of Centro Escolar University. Synthesis and Closing Remarks will be delivered by Dr. Carmencita D. Padilla, Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Manila.

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