Metro Manila to be placed on lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak

"For Manila, some say 'We don't want to use that term,' but that's because you're afraid to call it a lockdown, but it's a lockdown. There is no struggle of power here, there is no fight here, no war. It's just a matter of protecting and defending you from COVID-19," President Rodrigo Duterte says in a mix of English and Filipino. Full story: http://www.rappler.com/nation/254101-metro-manila-placed-on-lockdown-coronavirus-outbreak