‘It would be like martial law. You choose’: Philippines leader Duterte threatens to deploy troops to enforce Covid-19 quarantine

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has said that police and the military will step in to control social distancing and curfew if citizens continue to violate the Covid-19 quarantine rules.

Duterte has sent out his warning in a televised speech. “I am asking for your discipline, because if you don’t want to [follow the rules], the military and police will take over. I am ordering them now to be ready,” he said, as cited by local media.

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