{"id":29256,"date":"2020-02-05T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=29256"},"modified":"2020-02-05T18:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:00:37","slug":"novel-coronavirus-crisis-suspend-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/novel-coronavirus-crisis-suspend-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Novel coronavirus crisis forces DepEd to suspend school events for February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Department of Education suspends school events for February over an increased risk of exposure to Novel Coronavirus.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Exposure to Novel Coronavirus<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Philippines Department of Education just announced its suspension of all school activities and events scheduled for the month of February amid the worldwide crisis over the Novel Coronavirus.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to Education Secretary Leonor Briones, during a Senate inquiry yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We must take care of our children. We should limit their exposure to crowded places. We are now imposing a policy that will temporarily postpone all school activities in all regions of the country.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Among the most highly anticipated annual events include the\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Palarong Pambansa<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Palarong Pambansa<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0is an annual multi-sport event that is participated by all 17 regions of the country. Representatives from each region compete in different sports events, just like what comprises the Olympic events.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rappler.com\/nation\/250968-deped-postpones-palarong-pambansa-2020-novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Department of Education hasn&#8217;t issued a total cancellation of the\u00a0<\/span><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Palarong Pambansa\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">since it is still scheduled to start by May. By then, the Novel Coronavirus crisis might have been resolved and not to be worried about.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Canceled activities by DepEd<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For now, the confirmed suspended activities by the Department of Education are the following: National Schools Press Conference, the National Festival of Talents, and the National Science and Technology Fair.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In line with the suspension, the Department also issued DepEd Memorandum No.15 Series of 2020. It contains the guidelines that schools should follow to protect students and staff from the Novel Coronavirus scare.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It also activates the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) at the regional level to handle preventive alert systems and preventive measures set by the Department of Health.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The memorandum also encourages school administrators to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/coronavirus-understanding-the-virus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amplify their campaign in controlling the spread of the virus<\/a>. The Education Secretary also discourages schools from conducting field trips if possible.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As of now, the Philippines has two confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus, with one Chinese National already dying from the virus. The government is continuously watching over the situation of the spread of the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Education suspends school events for February over an increased risk of exposure to Novel Coronavirus. Exposure to Novel Coronavirus The Philippines Department of Education just announced its suspension of all school activities and events scheduled for the month of February amid the worldwide crisis over the Novel Coronavirus. According to Education Secretary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":29261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}