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| Philippines’ Duterte tells kids to stay home and watch TV, prolonging ban on children leaving the house amid Covid fears | Philippines’ Duterte tells kids to stay home and watch TV, prolonging ban on children leaving the house amid Covid fears |
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| The president has extended a ban on youngsters leaving the home that was due to end in February, after the more contagious British strain of Covid-19 was found in the Philippines, including in test results from three children. | The president has extended a ban on youngsters leaving the home that was due to end in February, after the more contagious British strain of Covid-19 was found in the Philippines, including in test results from three children. |
| “Go back to your homes... and besides they’re good just with the TV. They can glue their attention to the TV the whole day,” Rodrigo Duterte told the nation on Monday. | “Go back to your homes... and besides they’re good just with the TV. They can glue their attention to the TV the whole day,” Rodrigo Duterte told the nation on Monday. |
| Duterte’s order overturned last Friday’s assertion by the country’s coronavirus task force that children aged 10 to 14 would be allowed outside again from February. | Duterte’s order overturned last Friday’s assertion by the country’s coronavirus task force that children aged 10 to 14 would be allowed outside again from February. |
| The president claimed the decision was made amid growing concerns about the spread of the more contagious British variant of Covid-19, which has been found in 17 people in the country, including three children. | The president claimed the decision was made amid growing concerns about the spread of the more contagious British variant of Covid-19, which has been found in 17 people in the country, including three children. |
| “I am just scared because this new strain strikes the young children,” he said in his weekly national address, adding, “It’s a sacrifice for the parents and for the children.” | “I am just scared because this new strain strikes the young children,” he said in his weekly national address, adding, “It’s a sacrifice for the parents and for the children.” |
| Duterte’s government has imposed some of the world’s toughest restrictions on its people, including internal travel bans, and has officially prohibited minors from leaving the family home since March last year. | Duterte’s government has imposed some of the world’s toughest restrictions on its people, including internal travel bans, and has officially prohibited minors from leaving the family home since March last year. |
| The Philippines has been one of the nations in South East Asia hardest hit by the coronavirus, registering more than half a million cases since the start of the pandemic and over 10,000 deaths. | The Philippines has been one of the nations in South East Asia hardest hit by the coronavirus, registering more than half a million cases since the start of the pandemic and over 10,000 deaths. |
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