A Philippine National Situationer on the COVID-19 Pandemic 11 Villar (of the Department of Public Works and Highways), manages the efforts of the government in scaling up the building of isolation and quarantine facilities. Tracing czar Mayor Benjamin Magalong (of Baguio City) leads the development of a contact tracing ecosystem that comprises a troupe of interviewers, analysts, encoders, and technical support personnel. Finally, treatment czar DOH Undersecretary Leopolde Vega oversees the scaling up and expansion of the bed capacity of hospitals for COVID-19 patients, increase in healthcare personnel in public and private hospitals, and augmentation of the medical supply needs of health facilities across the country (Malindog-Uy 2020). Major legal bases for COVID-19 recovery and rehabilitation programs The major legal bases for the government’s COVID-19 recovery and rehabilitation programs are the following: (1) Presidential Proclamation No. 922, s. 2020, which declared a State of Public Health Emergency throughout the Philippines on March 8, 2020 per the confirmation of locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and the recommendation of the DOH; (2) Presidential Proclamation No. 929, s. 2020, which declared a State of Calamity for six months throughout the Philippines, allowed the utilization of appropriate funds, and imposed an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from March 17 to April 12, 2020; (3) Republic Act No. 11469 (“Bayanihan to Heal as One Act of 2020”), which was passed into law on March 23, 2020 and approved by the President the next day, contains the following salient points: • Provision of an emergency subsidy to 18 million low-income households ranging from Php 5,000 to 8,000 a month for two months • Provision of a COVID-19 special risk allowance to public healthcare workers, a compensation of Php 100,000 for those who have contracted severe COVID-19 infection, and Php 1 million for those who died from the disease • Implementation of community quarantine by LGUs consistent with the national government and allowing them to utilize no more than five percent of the amount allocated for their calamity fund • Allowing the speedy procurement of goods and other services needed in addressing the COVID-19 situation • Discontinuation of appropriated programs, projects, or activities of any executive department that can be used as additional budget for COVID-19-related PPAs;