The Philippine Civil and Political Rights (CPR) National Situation during the COVID-19 Pandemic Discrimination during the COVID-19 Pandemic 175 Historically, public health emergencies result to stigma and discrimination of specific communities, population and groups that undermine people’s full enjoyment of their human rights. Among the reported incidents of discrimination and stigma are as follows: 176 Residents of an entire barangay, where there was a suspected death of an elderly woman from COVID-19, were barred from entering a supermarket in Magalang, Pampanga.240 177 A doctor in Cavite taking care of COVID-19 patients who contracted the disease was harassed. Out of fear that other people might get infected, officials from their barangay and homeowner’s association told her and her family that they will not be allowed to go outside their own house.241 178 Some healthcare providers in Tacloban who sought to rent a place failed to secure property due to objections from adjacent occupants because they work at a hospital. It was believed that since they work at a hospital where COVID-19 suspects are being examined and treated.242 240 Jun A. Malig & Tina Ganzon-Ozaeta. “‘Bodies wrapped in plastic bags’: Coronavirus panic spreads across provinces,” Rappler, 26 April 2020, available at https://www.rappler.com/nation/259064-dead-body-wrapped-plasticbagcoronavirus-panic-spreads-provinces, accessed 11 May 2020. 241 Mara Cepeda. “Cavite doctor won’t stop treating COVID-19 patients,” Rappler, 8 April 2020, available at https:// www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/257348-frontliners-series-after-being-infected-losing-loved-one-cavitedoctorstill-treat-coronavirus-patients, accessed 11 May 2020. 242 HR Region VIII, Advisory on the Protection of Frontline Health Workers, Uniformed Personnel, and other Service Providers against Discrimination, para. 1, citing “Bombo Radyo Tacloban Facebook on 15 Apr. 2020.”