Jasmine's Oral History

Item

Title

Jasmine's Oral History

Synopsis

• Jasmine, 56 years old, Tagalog, Filipino, Frontliner/Essential worker (Village Official)
• Lockdown for nine months (Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine)
• Compulsory wearing of face mask and face shield
• Curfew hours implemented in their community
• Went to work almost every day during the first few months of the lockdown
• Underwent two swab tests and two mandatory fourteen-day quarantine because of exposure to two people who tested positive for COVID-19 infections
• Describes measures village officials took to help the community cope with Covid-19
• TikTok videos as a penalty for curfew breakers
• Measures taken for returning Overseas Foreign Workers (OFWs) and Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs)

Date Created

January 19, 2021

Language of interview

Filipino

Index

Biography
- Family 4, 8, 10-11

Communication
- News 17, 21
- Social Media 14-15, 17, 26

Daily Routine
- Face Masks 8, 11, 24-25
- Food 8, 19, 22

Job
- Accountant 2
- Business 11, 13
- Village Councilor 2-4, 16-18
--- Community Hall 8-10, 14, 20

Philippine Government Covid-response
- Border closure
- Contact tracing 17-18, 21
- Frontliner 6, 10-11, 22
--- Acetate 6
--- PPE 6
- Isolation facilities 7, 17
- Lockdown 16
- Movement Restrictions 5-6, 13
--- Curfew 13-15, 23
- Quarantine 5, 8-11, 13, 18, 21, 23
- Standard Operating Procedures 3
- Travel Restrictions 5, 10-11, 21

Response measures for Covid-19
- Masking up 3
- Sanitizing 3, 8
- Swab test 3-4, 12, 17
- Vaccine 24

Space
- Work from home 7
- Home quarantine 17

Support
- Assistance Packages 8, 15-16
- Mental Health 16
- Neighbourhood 16-17, 20
- NGO 19
- Social Amelioration program 19

Item sets

Jasmine's Oral History (translation)