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This does not indicate an increase in population sizes, however reflects the change in animal behaviour due to the lack of human disturbance. [46] Specifically looking at marine mammals, a non-systematic review of wildlife sightings in online media news worldwide displayed the 27% increase in their sightings from March 17-June 11, 2020. [ 46 ]
On March 22, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported that crime rates in Metro Manila decreased by almost 70 percent, according to data between March 15 and 20 during the implementation of the partial Metro Manila lockdown and the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. During that period, the PNP reported only seven cases of murder ...
On March 12, Duterte announced a partial lockdown covering Metro Manila, [5] that began on March 15. At one point during Duterte's pronouncement about the Metro Manila "community quarantine," he said that "they are afraid to call it a lockdown, but it is a lockdown." [6] [7] This statement left many confused. [8]
The Philippine forest rat (Rattus everetti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines , and is located throughout the archipelago. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett .
A day prior to the announcement of the first confirmed case in the Davao Region on March 15, the cities of Tagum and Davao City were placed under partial lockdown. [1] The first COVID-19 eight cases in the region involved individuals who had travel history to Metro Manila which already had confirmed cases prior to the confirmation of the ...
As of 12 April, nearly 300 million people, or about 90 per cent of the population, are under some form of lockdown in the United States, [441] more than 50 million people are in lockdown in the Philippines, [442] about 59 million people are in lockdown in South Africa, [443] and 1.3 billion people are in lockdown in India. [444] [445]
In late April 2020, there had been a surge of confirmed cases in Cebu especially in high population density urban-poor areas, resulting in a massive lockdown for the residents. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] By April 30, there were 312 confirmed cases among the population of the Cebu City Jail alone. [ 10 ]
On April 14, 2020, the Philippines' national government began "progressive mass testing" for COVID-19 [90] after it received "tens of thousands of testing kits" from various donor countries, [91] and SARS-COV-2 test kits produced by the University of the Philippines' Philippine Genome Center became available. [92]