PH placed under state of calamity

President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the entire country under a state of calamity as the Department of Health admitted that there was now a sustained community transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

MAN AMONG MEN President Rodrigo Duterte inspects a military checkpoint on MacArthur Highway, on the Caloocan-Valenzuela border, early Tuesday after placing Luzon under “enhancedcommunity quarantine.” CONTRIBUTED PHOTO