[caption id='attachment_845772' width='696'] Duterte talks to the nation to give updates on the government’s response to Covid-19. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PHOTO[/caption]

JUST like other governments in the world grappling with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the Duterte administration’s fight against the deadly virus got off to a rough start but started showing improvements after recalibrating its strategy by balancing the effective control of the disease, as well as the socioeconomic costs.