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May 31, 2020 5:14 pm
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HOMEBOUND
Wearing protective suits, government personnel assist the returning overseas Filipino workers upon arriving at the Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental before going to their respective hometowns in Mindanao on Monday (May 26). Two sweeper flights flew in the 333 OFWs who were stranded in Metro Manila to Mindanao after spending more than two months following the declaration of enhanced community quarantine protocol in Luzon. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
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SURVIVAL
A vendor resumes selling his goods at the city’s main market, Bankerohan Public Market, as the city goes under general quarantine. Vendors shake off concerns that COVID-19 has infected one vendor as they are more concerned of their family’s survival. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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SWEEPER FLIGHT
Department of Tourism-10 personnel screen stranded passengers before boarding a sweeper flight bound for Manila at the Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, Saturday afternoon, April 18, 2020. Foreign nationals and their families who were on vacation in Mindanao have been stranded due to the imposition of travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Tourism-10)
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Kite-flying
Children play outdoors with a grocery bag for a kite during Lent in Barangay Tablon, Cagayan de Oro, oblivious to the local government’s order to residents to stay inside their homes to avoid infection from Covid-19.(Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
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CLOSED
A river leading to the Guadalupe shrine in Barangay Tablon, Cagayan de Oro was closed to the public for this year’s observance of Holy Week to avoid the spread of COVID-19. In the past, especially on Good Fridays, thousands of Roman Catholic devotees travel to the religious site on foot. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
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WAITING
Two health workers who finished their night shift at a local hospital waited for nearly an hour at for their ride offered by the city government as the city started its enhanced community quarantine to control the spread of Covid-19.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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