The independent OCTA Research group has urged the government to go into a "circuit breaker" lockdown for two weeks to prevent the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

The suggestion came after President Rodrigo Duterte warned during his State of the Nation Address on Monday that a lockdown may happen to protect the country from the devastating effects of the variant.

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