The coronavirus lockdown is a
“cruel” yet necessary burden that people must endure a little longer to contain the spread of the coronavirus, President Duterte declared Thursday.
“I have to admit it. This thing about sequestration or quarantine is a cruel, it’s a cruel action by the government. Hindi madali ito. Pati ako nasasaktan ,” he said in his public address late Thursday night. But the President said he has no choice but follow the travel restrictions as part of the quarantine measures imposed in his hometown. These protocols have been put in place are meant to protect the people of Davao City, he added.
Duterte also likened the enhanced community quarantine, that includes a mandatory stay-at-home policy, suspension of public transport, and air, land, and sea travel restrictions, to “kalbaryo” or carrying a cross.
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