Philippine Man Dies After Being Forced to Exercise for Violating COVID-19 Curfew
The incident is the latest in a long list of alleged human rights abuses that have attended one of the world’s strictest coronavirus lockdowns.
April 09, 2021
A street cleaner sweeps in front of closed commercial establishments during a COVID-19 lockdown in Antipolo City, Philippines, May 7, 2020.
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A man in the Philippines died after he was forced to do 300 squats as punishment for violating a COVID-19 curfew, according to his family.
The man’s death is the latest in a long list of alleged abuses suffered by detained quarantine violators, which date back to the strict stay-at-home orders of spring 2020 and are continuing as the country institutes tougher lockdown measures in a bid to stave off a recent surge of coronavirus cases.
SunStar Military undertakes mental health program for health personnel
MANILA. Ottobock Philippines provided prostheses to 25 amputated military personnel confined at the V. Luna Hospital. (Contributed/AFP)
MANILA. Ottobock Philippines provided prostheses to 25 amputated military personnel confined at the V. Luna Hospital. (Contributed/AFP)
+ January 24, 2021 THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) conducted a mental health program to promote the psychological welfare of its personnel.
AFP Chief of Staff Gilbert Gapay said military and civilian psychiatrists, psychologists, chaplains, psychiatric nurses, social workers and AFP allied health workers completed the nine-day program on January 21, 2021.
The program included stress debriefing, trauma counseling and psychological first aid facilitated by the Office of the Surgeon General.
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