PICS: Philippines police to help with house-to-house searches for Covid-19 cases

Philippine authorities and police will carry out house-to-house searches for Covid-19 patients to prevent wider transmission amid soaring death and infection numbers and some areas returning to a stricter lockdown. CoronavirusPandemic

Manila - Philippine authorities and police will carry out house-to-house searches for Covid-19 patients to prevent wider transmission, a minister said on Tuesday, amid soaring death and infection numbers and some areas returning to a stricter lockdown.

"We don't want positive patients to stay home in quarantine especially if their homes don't have the capacity," Ano told a news conference. Passengers wearing masks for protection against Covid-19 maintain social distancing while queueing to ride a bus in a terminal in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Picture: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters

Police are accused of being heavy handed during the pandemic, including arrests for minor infringements and reports by activists of children killed while violating curfews.

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