MANILA: Philippine authorities have launched an investigation into the death of a 28-year-old man who was allegedly forced to do nearly 300 repetitions of a squat-like exercise after he flouted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine rules last week.
According to reports, Darren Manaog Peñaredondo, 28, was apprehended by village watchmen on April 1 in General Trias City, Cavite province, south of the nation’s capital, Manila, while he was outside their house to buy water after 6 p.m.
Cavite, Metro Manila, and three other Luzon provinces were placed under the strictest community quarantine status for two weeks starting from March 29 after a spike in COVID-19 cases, including a curfew from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Philippines man dies after doing 300 squats for breaching Covid curfew
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US gives P24M for Philippine vaccine drive against measles, rubella, polio By MA. ANGELICA GARCIA, GMA News
Published January 29, 2021 2:40pm The United States has donated over P24 million for the Philippine immunization effort against measles, rubella, and polio. In a statement on Friday, the US Embassy said the US government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), partnered with the Philippine government and other development partners to launch the second phase of the Measles-Rubella and Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity. The MR OPV SIA Phase 2, a follow-up to the Philippine government’s Phase 1 immunization campaign last year, will include the entire Visayas, Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and CALABARZON regions.