A man sits outside closed shops following the lockdown in the Philippine capital to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manila, Philippines, March 24, 2020. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





In this March 24, 2020, file photo, a sign that prohibits non-residents from entering the area is hung at the entrance of a slum area as two men sit outside while the city goes on enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Metro Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo/File)





A homeless child and her mother wearing facemasks rest inside a gymnasium converted into a shelter for the homeless who are unable to feed themselves and unable to work because of government lockdown measures on April 1, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. The Philippine government has sealed off Luzon, the country's largest and most populous island, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Land, sea, and air travel has been suspended, while government work, schools, businesses, and public transportation have been ordered shut in a bid to keep some 55 million people at home. The Philippines' Department of Health has so far confirmed 2,311 cases of the new coronavirus in the country, with at least 96 recorded fatalities. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





A few inmates are seen wearing face masks to protect against COVID-19 inside Manila City Jail on March 12, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. Concern is growing among inmates as lack of face masks and water supply hit prisons amid the outbreak of COVID-19. The Philippines' Department of Health has so far confirmed 49 cases of the deadly coronavirus in the country, with at least 2 recorded fatalities. The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





Residents wave plants as a Catholic priest holding a Monstrance with the Sacred Host rides a pick-up truck around villages during a new Palm Sunday ritual to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, April 5, 2020. Catholic devotees usually troop to churches on Palm Sunday to have their palm fronds blessed to commemorate the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Residents line up outside a supermarket in Manila, Philippines, while the government implements the “enhanced community quarantine” as a precautionary measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A man wearing a protective mask looks at police as he inspects their identification at a checkpoint in Quezon city, metropolitan Manila, Philippines early Sunday March 15, 2020. Thousands of Philippine police, backed by the army and coast guard, have started sealing the densely populated capital from most domestic travelers in one of Southeast Asia's most drastic containment moves against the coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A Filipino woman wears a mask to try and protect against the spread of coronavirus in Malate district, Manila City on March 24, 2020. The Philippines has taken drastic measures to combat the spread of Covid-19. The entire country is under strict quarantine and the army is on the streets to monitor compliance. According to official figures, there are 462 positive cases and 33 dead in the Philippines, but it is thought that thousands of cases remain undetected due to lack of resources in a country where millions of people have no access to health care. In the poorest and most crowded areas, it’s almost impossible to adhere to the physical distancing required during quarantine. (Photo by Alejandro Ernesto/The Guardian)





Catholic devotees have ash sprinkled on their heads during Ash Wednesday rites February 26, 2020 in Paranaque, metropolitan Manila, Philippines. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has recommended sprinkling ash on the head of devotees instead of using it to mark foreheads with a cross to avoid physical contact and fight the spread of the new coronavirus in the Lenten period in places of worship. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





This photo taken on March 18, 2020 shows a woman checking her phone outside her home in Manila. Asian nations have imposed increasingly heavy measures to fight the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Philippines has ordered half its population of some 110 million to stay home. (Photo by Maria Tan/AFP Photo)





A group of armed police soldiers arrive at the Greenhills Shopping Center Monday, March 2, 2002, in Manila, Philippines. Philippine police on Monday surrounded a shopping mall in an upscale district in the Manila metropolis after gunshots rang out inside and sent shoppers rushing out in panic. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Police subdue hostage taker Archie Paray, center, as he speaks to the waiting media shortly after releasing all his hostages at the V-Mall in Manila, Philippines on Monday, March 2, 2020. Officials say Paray, a recently dismissed security guard, has released his hostages and walked out of the shopping mall, ending a daylong hostage crisis. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Archie Paray, a gunman and former security guard, surrenders and releases dozens of hostages outside a mall in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 2, 2020. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





A government employee reacts as she is sprayed with disinfectant before entering a government office building to curb the spread of COVID-19 on March 19, 2020 in Pasig city, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Philippine government has sealed off Luzon, the country's largest and most populous island, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Land, sea, and air travel has been suspended, while government work, schools, businesses, and public transportation have been ordered shut in a bid to keep some 55 million people at home. The Philippines' Department of Health has so far confirmed 217 cases of the new coronavirus in the country, with at least 17 recorded fatalities. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





A worker in a protective suit controls a big disinfectant spray machine as they sanitize a school which has suspended classes as a precautionary measure against the new coronavirus in San Juan city in Manila, Philippines on Monday, March 9, 2020. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of public health emergency throughout the country after health officials confirmed over the weekend the first local transmission of the new coronavirus. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Roman Catholic priest Pepe Quitorio riding on a tricycle and wearing a face mask blesses the faithfuls holding coconut leaves during Palm Sunday event in Borongan town, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines on April 5, 2020, as part of the Easter observance. Church authorities have asked the catholic faithfuls not to go to churches for the Palm Sunday blessing, but instead to stay in front of their houses as priests will go around their communities for the blessing, to observe social distancing as part of the government efforts to combat COVID 19 pandemic. (Photo by Alren Beronio/AFP Photo)





A Filipino Catholic wearing a protective mask amid a coronavirus scare kneels to pray during a mass on Ash Wednesday at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 26, 2020. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





A man is questioned by police at a checkpoint in Manila, Philippines, 01 April 2020. Philippines now has 2,311 coronavirus cases, 96 death​s and 50 recovered. (Photo by Mark R. Cristino/EPA/EFE)





Vendors rest in their stall covered in plastic to enforce social distancing on March 30, 2020 in Las Pinas, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Philippine government has sealed off Luzon, the country's largest and most populous island, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Land, sea, and air travel has been suspended, while government work, schools, businesses, and public transportation have been ordered shut in a bid to keep some 55 million people at home. The Philippines' Department of Health has so far confirmed 1418 cases of the new coronavirus in the country, with at least 71 recorded fatalities. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





A pork meat stall is covered in plastic sheets inside a market in Las Pinas, Metro Manila, Philippines, 31 March 2020. According to reports, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced on 30 March a 200-billion Philippine Peso (3.9 billion US dollar) economic aid package to assist informal sector workers and people whose income has dried up amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)