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Sampaloc district in Manila to be placed on 48-hour “hard lockdown” on April 23

  (Eagle News) – Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso signed on Tuesday, April 21 the executive order imposing a 48-hour “hard lockdown” of the entire Sampaloc district due to COVID-19. In a statement, the Manila Public Information Office said that the lockdown will be “from 8:00 pm on Thursday, April 23 until 8:00 pm on Saturday, April 25”. “[H]ealth authorities will be conducting disease surveillance, testing and rapid risk assessment as the city’s response […]