1 UP SYSTEM REPORT ON COVID19-RELATED ACTIVITIES (6-15 April 2020) CU Involvement in COVID19-Related Research/Technology/Extension Activities No. CU Initiative (Name/Title of Initiative) Description (Short Description) Source/Links Spearheaded by: Details (e.g. Pictures) Other Information (e.g., social media links, links to media releases/features, more description) 1 UP System UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team Policy Recommend ations The UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team looked into the best available data in order to help national and local officials make informed decisions whether to extend, lift, or relax community quarantine. The UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team releases its analysis and recommendations on how to implement community quarantine after April 30 to aid decision-making. https://www.facebook.com/upsyste m/posts/3392986300724240 https://www.up.edu.ph/modified- community-quarantine-beyond- april-30-analysis-and- recommendations/ UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team 2 UP System Yani, the COVID Chatbot Yani, the newest AI member of the UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team, is short for baYANIhan and is named in honor of our heroes in the fight against COVID-19. Yani is ready to help you find the nearest hospitals, psychosocial support, and policy information https://www.facebook.com/upsyste m/posts/3378941612128709 UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team
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UP SYSTEM REPORT ON COVID19-RELATED ACTIVITIES (6-15 April 2020)
CU Involvement in COVID19-Related Research/Technology/Extension Activities
No. CU
Initiative
(Name/Title
of Initiative)
Description
(Short Description) Source/Links Spearheaded by:
Details
(e.g. Pictures)
Other Information
(e.g., social media
links, links to media
releases/features,
more description)
1
UP
System
UP COVID-19
Pandemic
Response
Team Policy
Recommend
ations
The UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Team looked into the best available data
in order to help national and local
officials make informed decisions
whether to extend, lift, or relax
community quarantine.
The UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Team releases its analysis and
recommendations on how to implement
community quarantine after April 30 to
aid decision-making.
https://www.facebook.com/upsyste
m/posts/3392986300724240
https://www.up.edu.ph/modified-
community-quarantine-beyond-
april-30-analysis-and-
recommendations/
UP COVID-19
Pandemic Response
Team
2
UP
System
Yani, the
COVID
Chatbot
Yani, the newest AI member of the UP
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team, is
short for baYANIhan and is named in
honor of our heroes in the fight against
COVID-19. Yani is ready to help you find
the nearest hospitals, psychosocial
support, and policy information
https://www.facebook.com/upsyste
m/posts/3378941612128709
UP COVID-19
Pandemic Response
Team
2
3
UP
Baguio
Production of
70% ethyl
alcohol
As part of its initiatives in response to the
situation brought about by COVID-19,
the University of the Philippines Baguio
(UPB) is producing 70% ethyl alcohol in
its laboratories.
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialU
PB/posts/2303827406578487
UP Baguio
administration
4
UP Cebu CoVcheck FireCheck develops CoVcheck, a public
health monitoring and
reporting platform that can be used by
citizens, local health workers, and LGUs.
https://www.facebook.com/Firechec
kProject/posts/534088553959808
UP Cebu
administration
(through UP Cebu
InIT)
5
UP Cebu COVID-19
heatmap
The Central Visayas Center for
Environmental Informatics
identifies hospitals' needs and creates
heatmap of COVID-19 cases in the Cebu
province
https://www.facebook.com/upcenvi/
posts/827087641145163
UP Cebu
administration
6
UP
Diliman
#Language
WarriorsPH
#LanguageWarriorsPH is an information
dissemination project that involves the
production of translated materials about
COVID-19.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde
rs/1ioE4A8qH6Bpg8kVhVQ2WBJziky
Z5vJ64
UPD Department of
Linguistics
7
UP
Diliman
Drive
Groceries
App
Drive Groceries is app that offers grocery
delivery service. It was developed with
the support of the Department of
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020
/04/13/drive-manilas-grocery-
delivery-app-goes-live/
UPSCALE (under
TTBDO)
3
Science and Technology (DOST) and the
University of the Philippines Sustaining
Collaboration in an Advanced Learning
Environment (UPSCALE), an innovation
hub formed by a partnership between
DOST-Philippine Council for Industry and
Energy and Research and Development
(DOST-PCIERD) and the University of the
Philippines-Diliman.
8
UP
Diliman
UP Bike
Share
The UP Bike Share project,under the
COVID-19 response bike drive initiative,
offered their bicycles to several medical
institutions to be used by personnel as a
temporary mode of transportation
https://www.facebook.com/updeng
g/posts/1506557602837011
UPD College of
Engineering
9
UP
Diliman
Padayon ND The College of Home Economics
Department of Food Science and
Nutrition (DFSN) opened Padayon ND,
which went online on Apr. 6 for
individuals seeking answers to questions
on nutrition.
https://www.facebook.com/1003668
91634528/posts/102486298089254/
?app=fbl). They also released
infographics on menu planning:
https://www.facebook.com/permalin
k.php?story_fbid=657236765053998
&id=290717775039234
College of Home
Economics
Department of Food
Science and Nutrition
10
UP Los
Baños
COVID-19
Sampling
Booth
UPLB designs a COVID 19 sampling
booth that will soon be in use at the UHS
for taking swab samples of persons
under investigation (PUI). The structure,
equipped with an exhaust fan and
lighting fixtures, is semi-sealed and
made out of lightweight PVC, acrylic,
polycarbonate, and insulation materials.
A team under Dr. Marloe Sundo, director
of the University Planning and
Maintenance Office, designed and made
the booth to protect UHS frontliners as
they perform the swab test.
https://www.facebook.com/UPLBOffi
cial/posts/10157544255923995
University Planning
and Maintenance
Office
4
11
UP
Manila
FASSSTER FASSSTER (Feasibility Analysis of
Syndromic Surveillance using Spatio-
Temporal Epidemiological Modeler) was
developed by Ateneo Center for
Computing Competency and Research
(ACCCRe) of Ateneo de Manila University
in collaboration with the University of the
Philippines Manila – National Telehealth
Center (UP-NTHC) and the Department
of Health-Epidemiology Bureau. This is a
web-based disease surveillance platform
that enables evidence-based forecasts of
possible cases and scenarios on the
spread of COVID-19 in the country
https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/04/08
/fassster-the-science-that-forecasts-
covid-19-in-ph/
University of the
Philippines Manila –
National Telehealth
Center (UP-NTHC),
Ateneo de Manila
University, and
Department of Health
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UP
Manila
E-Dalaw
Tele-
Kumusta
Pinagagamit ng Philippine General
Hospital (PGH) ang sistemang "e-dalaw"
o electronic dalaw sa kanilang mga
pasyenteng may coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) para makausap ng mga ito
ang kanilang mga mahal sa buhay at
kahit papaano ay maibsan ang lungkot
dulot ng paglaban sa sakit.
UP-PGH launches “Tele-Kumusta” a
virtual service that allows COVID 19
patients to talk to their loved ones, and
enables social workers to help families
and understand their situations better.
https://news.abs-
cbn.com/news/04/13/20/pgh-
naglunsad-ng-e-dalaw-para-sa-
covid-19-patients
https://www.facebook.com/abscbnN
EWS/videos/vb.27254475167/73714
4223698105/?type=2&theater
UP-Philippine General
Hospital
5
13
UP
Manila
#CAMPana The College of Allied Medical Professions
(CAMP) launches the USAP TAYO! A free
Online Speech Pathology Consultation
Service
The College of Allied Medical Professions
launches Let's Get PTkal, an infographic
about physical activity and its
importance especially during this time.
https://www.facebook.com/UPMANI
LAOFFICIAL/posts/28464287754343
38
https://www.facebook.com/UPMANI
LAOFFICIAL/posts/28554383245333
83
UPM College of Allied
Medical Professions
14
UP
Manila
CHED-Public
Health
Experts
group
The CHED- Public Health Experts Group
(CHED-PHEG), which will ensure that
state universities and colleges (SUCs) and
Local Government Units (LGUs) conform
and comply with proper health
guidelines on the use of school facilities
as quarantine centers or Community
Isolation Units (CIUs), will be led by Dr.
Vicente Y. Belizario, Jr., current Dean of
the University of the Philippines (UP)
College of Public Health and former
Undersecretary of the Department of
Health (DOH).
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news
/news/nation/733520/ched-taps-
health-experts-to-ensure-
compliance-with-guidelianes-on-
use-of-sucs-as-quarantine-
centers/story/
https://www.facebook.com/UPMANI
LAOFFICIAL/posts/28561225444649
61
15
UP
Manila
NTCBB: 2nd
Online
Biosafety
Education
and
Awareness
Training
(BEAT)
Against
COVID-19
Webinar for biosafety (Apr 14-May 14
2020)
https://www.facebook.com/UPMANI
LAOFFICIAL/posts/28561612211277
60
6
16
UP
Mindanao
Mathematical
Modeling Researchers at the Interdisciplinary
Applied Modeling (IAM) laboratory of
the University of the Philippines (UP)
Mindanao are contributing their
expertise on mathematical modeling to
provide the local government with
relevant research for science-based
decision making. The IAM lab is part of
the UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Team – Bioinformatics and Modeling
Group, which is mainly composed of
mathematicians across the different UP
campuses.
https://www.facebook.com/UPMind
anao/posts/3744904668915440
https://www.up.edu.p
h/davao-city-should-
consider-extending-
community-
quarantine-beyond-
april-19-and-
conductmore-tests-
for-covid-19-up-
mindanao-
researchers/
17
UP Open
University
UPOU
Networks
UPOU
MODeL
Aside from being a repository of
academic materials developed for
courses and programs under UPOU, the
UPOU Networks also contains the recent
webinars hosted by UPOU in relation to
the migration of courses online. Timely
materials like Introduction to Public
Administration video lectures are also
available on the site. These materials will
help not just the UP Community but also
SUCs who aim to migrate their courses in
online platforms or their respective
learning management systems.
This is a dedicated site for all Massive
Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
developed and offered by UPOU. This
platform provides learners with a secure
and integrated system to create
personalized learning through MOOCs,
which are online courses open to the
https://networks.upou.edu.ph/
https://model.upou.edu.ph/
https://www.upou.ed
u.ph/announcement/
massive-open-online-
course-mooc-on-
interlocal-
cooperation-ilc/
7
UPOU Office
of Academic
Support and
Instructional
Services
(OASIS)
Microsite
Open UP
Connect Blog
public for free.
UPOU OASIS microsite is a temporary
repository of various resources
developed by UPOU which may help
faculty in developing modules for online
courses and in teaching in the open and
distance learning (ODL) setting.
Currently, the contents in the microsite
are meant for the UPOU faculties-in-
charge (FICs) for Academic Year 2019-
2020.
A collection of blog posts by university
faculty, staff, and students that tackles
current issues
https://openupconnect.com/
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UP
Visayas
Assistance to
Hospital
Facilities
Philippine Genome Center Visayas (UPV)
assists WVSU MC setup their COVID-19
testing facility.
https://www.facebook.com/U.P.Visay
as.Official/posts/1547791398693460
19
UP
Visayas
SAGIP
PANGISDAAN
Program
Fish Processing Infoseries and learning
materials on fish processing
https://www.facebook.com/len.basc
o.792/posts/688622085207626
8
CU Involvement in COVID19-Related Research/Technology in the Development or Call for Donation Stages
No. CU
Initiative
(Name/Title
of Initiative)
Description
(Short Description) Source/Links Spearheaded by:
Details
(e.g. Pictures)
Other Information
(e.g., social media
links, links to media
releases/features,
more description)
1
UP Los
Baños
UPLB COVID-
19 Diagnostic
Laboratory
The Philippine Red Cross will provide
automated RNA testing tools to equip
UPLB as a subnational diagnostic
laboratory for COVID-19.
The Committee on Establishment of the
UPLB COVID-19 Testing Center will audit
https://www.facebook.com/senatorg
ordon/videos/vb.225987507830/244
2498472727469/?type=2&theater
https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/uplb-
mobilizes-for-covid-19-rd-and-
testing-center-establishment/
UPLB administration
20
UP
Visayas
Production
of Ethanol
UP Visayas is gearing up to produce
more alcohol solutions for use in
sanitation in the current public health
crisis.
https://www.upv.edu.ph/index.php/
news/up-visayas-gearing-up-to-
produce-more-alcohol-solutions
The School of
Technology (SoTech)
is leading the
production of ethanol
as an initiative of UPV
chemists and the UPV
administration.
21
UP
Visayas
Bangus
Processing
The UP Visayas College of Fisheries and
Ocean Sciences' (CFOS) Institute of Fish
Processing Technology (IFPT) and
Regional Research Center (RRC)
personnel process bangus from the
Institute of Aquaculture (IA) for bottling
and distribution as relief goods.
https://www.facebook.com/CFOS.UP
VOFFICIAL/posts/114692862565169
4
College of Fisheries
and Ocean Sciences
9
and assess Biosafety Level II (BSL2)
laboratories in UPLB as possible test
sites, ensuring that they will be ready for
Stage 2 validation as required in the
DOH accreditation process. Alongside
this, the committee will also recommend
plans for succeeding levels of
accreditation under the DOH protocol
2
UP
Manila
Blood
Donation
Three COVID-19 survivors, a seafarer and
two nurses, donated blood plasma to
help those who are seriously ill with
COVID-19.
https://www.facebook.com/upsyste
m/posts/3390575177632019
UP-Philippine General
Hospital
3
UP
Mindanao COVID-19
Testing Lab
The establishment of a COVID-19 testing
lab in the Davao Regional Medical Center
in Tagum City was discussed by Dr. Lyre
Anni Murao, director of the Philippine
Genome Center-Mindanao, and the
DRMC team, led by chief of hospital Dr.
Bryan Dalid and pathologist Dr.
Alejandro Domingo. Additional testing
labs are an urgent requirement of local
governments and the Department of
Health to mitigate the spread of COVID-
19 in the Philippines.
https://www.facebook.com/UPMind
anao/posts/3716174201788487
UP Mindanao
Philippine Genome
Center
CU Involvement in COVID19-Related Coping Mechanisms (for students, faculty, researchers, staff, and community/residents)