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The Philippine government on Tuesday extended a lockdown in the capital and two other coronavirus-stricken areas until the end of May, but allowed for some modification to jump-start the economy.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Metropolitan Manila, the province of Laguna and the central city of Cebu would remain under “enhanced community quarantine” until May 31.
The three heavily-populated areas account for more than 80 per cent of all confirmed coronavirus cases in the Philippines, which on Tuesday stood at 11,350, according to the Department of Health.
It added that 751 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Restrictions would also be modified to allow some industries and public transportation to resume limited operations in a bid to boost the domestic economy, which contracted in the first quarter of the year, Roque said.
“The injunctions given by the government . (are) intended for your protection,” President Rodrigo Duterte said in a televised public address.
“If you get COVID-19, they will bring you to the hospital, and the bed they will give you was just cleaned one hour before because someone died there. And you will be the next one.”
Manila
The Philippine government on Tuesday extended a lockdown in the capital and two other coronavirus-stricken areas until the end of May, but allowed for some modification to jump-start the economy.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Metropolitan Manila, the province of Laguna and the central city of Cebu would remain under “enhanced community quarantine” until May 31.
The three heavily-populated areas account for more than 80 per cent of all confirmed coronavirus cases in the Philippines, which on Tuesday stood at 11,350, according to the Department of Health.
It added that 751 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Restrictions would also be modified to allow some industries and public transportation to resume limited operations in a bid to boost the domestic economy, which contracted in the first quarter of the year, Roque said.
“The injunctions given by the government . (are) intended for your protection,” President Rodrigo Duterte said in a televised public address.
“If you get COVID-19, they will bring you to the hospital, and the bed they will give you was just cleaned one hour before because someone died there. And you will be the next one.”
