Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the rising number of Covid-19 infected health workers
The Commission on Human Rights notes with concern the rising number of healthcare workers being infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Recently, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that a total of 62 health workers from the National Center for Mental Health were infected with the virus—this number still does not count the 13 […]
Statement of Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit on violences carried out against health workers in time of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) strongly condemns in the strongest sense possible the senseless acts of physical violence and discrimination against our health workers, the true unsung heroes at the frontlines of our response against the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19. As the country reels from the COVID-19 pandemic, such senseless acts do nothing […]