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Health & Medicine

IATF MULLS HOME QUARANTINE FOR FILIPINOS BELOW 60 YEARS OLD

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – For the last year-and-a-half, Filipino senior citizens, 60 and above, have suffered the brunt of the Philippine government’s Covid-19 community quarantines by prohibiting them from leaving their homes except for securing essential goods and services.

Now, the seniors are being vindicated..

Now, the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) is seriously considering letting seniors out while home-quarantining Filipinos below 60 years old.

The IATF proposal, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, is based on emerging data that the new, more transmissible Delta variant is making younger adults sicker and quicker.

Roque said, “We need to protect the health and safety of our senior citizens by allowing them to go outside while locking down the younger members of their households.”

”Besides, we don’t want the younger adults to be roaming around spreading the new variant,” Roque added.

At last, our seniors can enjoy their freedom of movement, denied them for so long because of the pandemic.

All’s well that ends well!

Food, Health & Medicine, Law Enforcement

New Essential Under Enhanced Community Quarantine

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – As the National Capital Region (NCR) prepares for the strictest community quarantine beginning August 6, many citizens are turning to a new essential in the light of restrictions.

When Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) gets underway, indoor as well as al fresco dining will be prohibited, leaving Authorized Persons Outside Residence (APOR) to have to fend for themselves for their meals and snacks.

In the week before the ECQ, citizens have been buying portable alcohol dispensers and filling them up with vinegar and sili (chili), an essential dip/dressing for lumpia (egg roll) and other Filipino delicacies like okoy (shrimp fritters) and boneless bangus (milkfish.)

So to all APORs, beginning August 6, don’t leave home without it.

Health & Medicine, Law Enforcement

IATF: Mice Racing Banned Under ECQ!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Before there were computer video games, there was the karera ng daga (mice race) where carnival goers bet on their favorite mouse in the hope of winning a prize of goods or money.

Well, mice racing has no place under the Philippine government’s Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ).

In its latest directive implementing restrictions to curb the further spread of Covid-19, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases has banned all mice and social events.

It is a blow to ordinary Filipinos who depend on mice racing for their living and pleasure.