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Manila’s new Covid lockdown only for the unvaxxed: stay home or go to jail | Boing Boing

As Covid suddenly surges in the Phillipines’ Metro Manila area, which has a population of 14 million, President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a lockdown — but only for the unvaccinated.

And any unvaxxed individual — whether a resident or traveler — who breaks the stay-at-home order could face up to six months in jail.

“Despite the availability of vaccines, there is a number of individuals who adamantly opt not to be vaccinated and thus become more susceptible to severe cases of COVID-19 infection, which will in turn require hospital care, thereby unduly burdening the health care system to the detriment of public health,” said Metro Manila’s governing council, according to Politico.  …