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Impact of COVID-19 on Filipino Youth

The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting people's lives in unprecedented ways, with different age groups experiencing impacts distinctly. As governments transition from crisis management to recovery measures, concerns are emerging about rising youth unemployment and intergenerational debt. After one year of the pandemic killing over 1 million people, the impacts on children and young people are becoming clearer and more alarming, with threats including direct disease consequences, interrupted essential services, and increased poverty and inequality. In the Philippines, more than seven million people lost jobs during initial lockdowns. The disruption of services from lockdowns and closures restrict access as a supply issue, while fear and distrust also influence demand as parents and youth stay away from facilities. The full impacts on development and

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Impact of COVID-19 on Filipino Youth

The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting people's lives in unprecedented ways, with different age groups experiencing impacts distinctly. As governments transition from crisis management to recovery measures, concerns are emerging about rising youth unemployment and intergenerational debt. After one year of the pandemic killing over 1 million people, the impacts on children and young people are becoming clearer and more alarming, with threats including direct disease consequences, interrupted essential services, and increased poverty and inequality. In the Philippines, more than seven million people lost jobs during initial lockdowns. The disruption of services from lockdowns and closures restrict access as a supply issue, while fear and distrust also influence demand as parents and youth stay away from facilities. The full impacts on development and

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ALFREDO B. MANHIK JR. BSHM 1D1.

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Asia’s lost generation the hidden cost of Covid-19 in the Philippines youth

The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting every aspect of people’s lives in an


unprecedented manner. While many of its implications, such as confinement-related
psychological distress and social distancing measures, affect all of society, different age
groups experience these impacts in distinct ways. With the gradual transition of
government responses from immediate crisis management to the implementation of
recovery measures, several concerns are emerging, such as increasing levels of youth
unemployment and the implications of rising debt for issues of intergenerational justice,
as well as threats to the well-being of youth and future generations.
After almost one year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Killing over 1 million
people and putting futures into doubt, The impact of the virus on the world’s children
and young People is becoming clearer and increasingly alarming. Children face a
trifecta of threats: direct consequences Of the disease itself, interruption in essential
services and Increasing poverty and inequality. Despite being less affected than any
other age group, Emerging data suggest that children and young people’s Health may
be more directly impacted by COVID-19 Than originally anticipated when the crisis
began in late 2019.
Philippines, more than seven million people lost their jobs during the two-month
lockdown that began in March. But it was too much work, and the returns were too small
because we didn’t have scale,” he says. The ad man has since found a new job at
another company, but says: “The pay is lower, and I’ll again have to start at the bottom.
But it’s better than nothing. ”The disruption of services and their impact on children are
both a supply and demand issue.
Government lockdowns and the shutdown of schools and health centers restrict access,
while fear of infection, distrust of institutions, discrimination, transportation challenges
and other factors play into the decisions by parents, caregivers, and children and young
people to stay away from facilities and services. The true impacts on economic
development and government financing of social sectors will only be seen in the coming
months and years. Evidence from the past shows that crises are often followed by
budget cuts, creating more inequality and harming children. The lack of pandemic
preparedness in itself has also magnified the dramatic socio-economic impacts of the
pandemic.

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