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| A soldier wearing a protective mask checks a woman's quarantine pass in Manila as part of imposed movement restrictions. President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to decide on whether to extend the lockdown on Thursday [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters] |
Manila, Philippines -- With a little more than a week left before the scheduled end of the Philippines's strict community quarantine measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the country is expected to find out on Thursday how the government plans to transition out of the lockdown.
On Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte met former health secretaries, experts and other legislators to discuss the possibility of extending the lockdown with modifications to allow selected non-essential businesses to resume operations or to lift it entirely.
Original Content here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/philippines-duterte-decide-continue-lockdown-200423013039365.html
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