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Three days later, on February 5, another Chinese national was confirmed to be the third case in the Philippines. [5] After a month, on March 5, the Department of Health (DOH) announced that the first Filipino in the Philippines confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 who is also the fourth case while the fifth case is the first case of local ...
The lockdown was further expanded on March 16, when President Duterte imposed an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) throughout the entire island of Luzon and its associated islands. This was effectively a total lockdown, which had restricted travel and transportation, imposed strict home quarantine among all households, and closed all non ...
The Philippines' caseload is the second largest in Southeast Asia, where the combined number of infections has surpassed those in China, where the pandemic emerged. Philippines virus cases soar ...
The Philippines' real GDP contracted by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2020, the first contraction since the fourth quarter of 1998, a year after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. [332] The economy slipped in technical recession after a 16.5% decline was recorded in the second quarter. [333]
As of 12 April, nearly 300 million people, or about 90 per cent of the population, are under some form of lockdown in the United States, [441] more than 50 million people are in lockdown in the Philippines, [442] about 59 million people are in lockdown in South Africa, [443] and 1.3 billion people are in lockdown in India. [444] [445]
By mid April, nearly 300 million people, or about 90% of the population, were under some form of lockdown in the United States, [518] with around 100 million in the Philippines [519] and about 59 million in South Africa, [520] while around 1.3 billion were under lockdown in India, which was the largest of all lockdowns.
The claim: The WHO ordered nations to prepare for ‘mega lockdowns’ because of mpox. An Aug. 16 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of the World Health Organization's ...
On March 12, Duterte announced a partial lockdown covering Metro Manila, [5] that began on March 15. At one point during Duterte's pronouncement about the Metro Manila "community quarantine," he said that "they are afraid to call it a lockdown, but it is a lockdown." [6] [7] This statement left many confused. [8]