March 28, 2021 Sunday
I heard Boni talking to his friend Jaida*, whose family was also struck by Covid-19 a week earlier. “Hey, I tested positive, wanna play Roblox?”… Read More »March 28, 2021 Sunday
Diary of Angelica Carballo Pago
March 27, 2021 Saturday
I woke up at 4 a.m. with a splitting headache. It could be the stress from the previous days. I popped a pain reliever and… Read More »March 27, 2021 Saturday
March 26, 2021 Friday
Morning came and went. No barangay or city health officials came to fetch Auntie Liza or facilitate our tests. I called the barangay hall at… Read More »March 26, 2021 Friday
March 25, 2021 Thursday
Boris, my nine-year-old, now has a cough, too. Buck called the barangay at 8 a.m., but was told the person in charge wasn’t there. We… Read More »March 25, 2021 Thursday
March 24, 2021 Wednesday
The testing team arrived at 7 a.m. Buck and I tested negative in the antigen test. Phew! Auntie Liza had an RT-PCR test. We paid… Read More »March 24, 2021 Wednesday
March 23, 2021 Tuesday
My seven-year-old son Boni approached me early in the morning to say that Auntie Liza has fever. I felt sucker-punched by the news. Is it… Read More »March 23, 2021 Tuesday
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