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COVID-19 community quarantine comes into effect over Metro Manila
Metro Manila is under a 30-day community quarantine from March 15 to April 14, 2020, to curb the spread of COVID-19.
President Rodrigo Duterte announced stricter measures, including work and class suspensions, travel restrictions, and an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew.
All workers are exempted from the curfew and allowed to travel to and from Metro Manila, provided they show proof of employment.
Domestic land, air, and sea travel to and from Metro Manila is suspended until midnight April 14, 2020, subject to daily assessment by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF).
The country's COVID-19 cases rose to 111 with eight recorded fatalities.
The train systems in the metro, namely LRT, MRT, and PNR, shall remain operational but will implement social distancing measures.
The country raised its alert level to Code Red Sub-Level 2, indicating community transmission beyond the government's tracing capacity.
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The government of the Philippines imposed a 30-day lockdown in Metro Manila starting March 15, 2020, due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases and the declaration of a pandemic.
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The entire island of Luzon is under an enhanced community quarantine from March 17 to April 13 to curb the spread of COVID-19, with strict home quarantine for over 53 million residents and increased police and military presence at checkpoints.
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Malacañang urged the public to be honest and cooperative to effectively contain the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
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Seventeen Metro Manila mayors agreed to impose a curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. for one month, from March 16 to April 14, as part of COVID-19 containment efforts.
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Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles clarified that the government's measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 is a community quarantine, not a lockdown.
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