{"id":248655,"date":"2020-03-17T04:27:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T08:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=248655"},"modified":"2020-03-17T04:27:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T08:27:18","slug":"luzon-wide-quarantine-different-from-self-quarantine-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/17\/luzon-wide-quarantine-different-from-self-quarantine-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Luzon-wide quarantine different from self-quarantine: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_248480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248480\" style=\"width: 3600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img20200315095914.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248480\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img20200315095914.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img20200315095914.jpg 3600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img20200315095914-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img20200315095914-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img20200315095914-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3600px) 100vw, 3600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-248480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: A member of the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region checks temperature of people in a passenger jeepney using thermal scanner as the 30-day \u2018community quarantine\u2019 in Metro Manila begins on Sunday (March 15, 2020). (PNA Photo By Avito C. Dalan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The enhanced community quarantine imposed in Luzon is different from the self-quarantine observed by people who have been exposed to a person infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), a Palace official said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the enhanced community quarantine would be implemented for 30 days while self-quarantine would only last for 14 days.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2019Yung<\/em>\u00a014-day quarantine,\u00a0<em>kapag ikaw ay<\/em>\u00a0self-quarantine (The 14-day quarantine is applicable if you are practicing self-quarantine),\u201d Nograles said during the \u201cLaging Handa\u201d program aired on state-run PTV-4. \u201cPero yun pong ating (But our) enhanced community quarantine is still 30 days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday night, President Rodrigo Duterte announced that an enhanced community quarantine will be implemented in the whole of Luzon until April 12.<\/p>\n<p>Placing Luzon under enhanced community quarantine compels over 53 million people residing in Luzon to follow \u201cstrict\u201d home quarantine and limit their movement to accessing basic necessities.<\/p>\n<p>The provision for food and essential health services is regulated, and the presence of uniformed personnel is heightened during the month-long enhanced community quarantine in Luzon.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, people who have been exposed to Covid-19 are advised to practice self-quarantine for 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global pandemic after Covid-19, which began spreading in Wuhan, China in December 2019, now affects over 100 countries, including the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines has so far recorded 142 positive cases of Covid-19 and 12 deaths of infected people.<\/p>\n<p>WHO has warned that the number of Covid-19 cases in the Philippines might reach 75,000, if the government fails to address the outbreak.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The enhanced community quarantine imposed in Luzon is different from the self-quarantine observed by people who have been exposed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":248480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ruth-abbey-gita-carlos","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248656,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248655\/revisions\/248656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}