Philippines Real Time Monitoring of COVID-19 Impacts

Highlights (2) COVID-19 & FOOD SECURITY Health Food Security • About 40% of households were unable to buy essential food products. Households in the poorest quintile were the most severely affected 54% compared with 26% in the richest group. • Lack of money and mobility restrictions were among the main reasons constraining households' capacity to buy food. • About three in four households worry about not having enough food and one in three experienced hunger. • Around 37% of households in the poorest quintile were hungry and 18% went without eating a whole day. Health & Education ● . • One in three households who needed medical support were not able to obtain it. Lack of money and fear of contamination were the main obstacles. Only 20% of school aged children continued to be engaged in school learning activities during the pandemic. This drops to 11% among the poorest quintile compared with 34% for the richest one. About 81% of households will send back their children to school when school re-opens.

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