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Blessing the quarantined

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 04 12:51 AM

The parish blessed people with holy water to reach people who are unable to go to mass due to the outbreak of COVID-19.  Read more »

No rush before the Holy Week

Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 07:54 PM

The Araneta Center Bus Terminal, normally teeming with people trying to leave the city for the Holy Week break at this time, was completely empty of buses and passengers due to the enhanced community quarantine Read more »

OFWs given amnesty in Kuwait on their way home

Yasser Al-zayyat, AFP
Posted at Apr 03 07:04 PM

Despite their undocumented status, Filipinos OFWs have been cleared to exit on humanitarian grounds because of the pandemic. Read more »

Access to fresh produce amid lockdown

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 07:02 PM

A woman clad in a whole body poncho for protection buys vegetables at a temporary market along the Elliptical Road in Quezon City that was set-up amid the Luzon on Friday. Read more »

Fighting COVID-19 with handmade soap

Alren Beronio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 06:15 PM

Faculty members of Natural Sciences department of Eastern Samar State University, Borongan campus produce 6,000 antibacterial soap and disinfectants to be distributed to the students, frontliners and other establishments in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19 virus. Read more »

Baclaran church shelters Albay residents

Vincent Go, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 05:58 PM

A Security personnel sprays disinfectants as construction workers enter Baclaran Church compound in Paranaque on Thursday afternoon.  Read more »

Garbage truck accident along EDSA

George Calvelo, ABS CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 04:28 PM

Traffic enforcers inspect the scene of a road accident approaching the Ortigas flyover along the EDSA southbound lane Friday afternoon.  Read more »

Raising awareness vs COVID-19 in India

Arun Sankar, AFP
Updated as of Apr 03 10:54 AM

A policeman (right) wearing a coronavirus-themed outfit composed of helmet, mace and shield, gestures towards a vendor at a market to raise awareness about physical distancing, during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on Thursday. Read more »

Protecting a newborn amid coronavirus scare

Reuters/Handout
Posted at Apr 03 10:08 AM

A newborn baby is seen in a hospital wearing a protective face shield during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. Read more »

Living in Manila’s empty streets

Eloisa Lopez, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 03 01:16 PM

A homeless man feeds one of his dogs as he and his sons take shelter along an empty street following the Luzon lockdown to contain the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Manila on Thursday evening. Read more »

Aid distribution continues in Mandaluyong

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 11:05 PM

People from the local barangay work with neighborhood associations to identify beneficiaries of the food aid from the local government in Brgy. Addition Hills, Mandaluyong on Thursday. Read more »

Backliners continue their service

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 11:00 PM

Funeral home workers carry a cadaver to the Baesa Crematorium in Quezon City on Thursday. Read more »

No entry for non-residents

Andy Wong, AP
Posted at Apr 02 08:46 PM

Residents wearing protective face masks collect their goods from delivery workers near the barbed wire installed outside residential apartment buildings to prevent outsiders from entering amid the outbreak of COVID-19 in Beijing, Thursday. Read more »

Funeral chapel shelters health workers during coronavirus crisis

Eloisa Lopez, Reuters
Posted at Apr 02 08:07 PM

Hospital workers wearing protective face masks prepare to sleep Tuesday on pews in a Makati City funeral chapel that temporarily shelters them and other workers of a nearby hospital catering to COVID-19 patients. Read more »

Bread for sale during the Luzon-wide lockdown

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 06:55 PM

Men selling bread pass by a fisherman preparing his nets near a construction site in Kawit, Cavite on Thursday, even as the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine remains in effect to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

Looking for free food

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 01:15 PM

Brothers Noel and Renzo use an improvised fruit picker as they spot ripe fruit from overhanging branches along a street in Mandaluyong City Thursday. Read more »

Distribution of relief packs in Sitio San Roque

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 03:12 PM

Officials from Barangay Pag-asa distribute food packs at Sitio San Roque on Thursday, a day after a scuffle ensued after police officers dispersed residents gathered along EDSA citing quarantine rules violation. Read more »

'Bigas hindi dahas'

Bernice Beltran, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 10:07 AM

A resident demands for government aid and maximum tolerance during an indignation protest at Sitio San Roque in Barangay Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon. Read more »

Evacuating COVID-19 patients in France

Thomas Samson, AFP
Posted at Apr 02 09:28 AM

A medical staff watches from a platform of the Gare d'Austerlitz train station on Wednesday in Paris through the window of a medicalized TGV high speed trains before its departure to evacuate patients infected with the COVID-19 from Paris' region hospitals to other hospitals in the western France Brittany region where the outbreak has been limited so far.  Read more »

Whiling away the time as lockdown continues

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 11:46 PM

Children while away their time by flying kites near Port Area in Manila on Wednesday amidst the enhanced community quarantine imposed on the whole of Luzon Read more »