With still no clear timeline as to when they can resume operations amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the Philippines’ traditional jeepneys, dubbed “king of the road,” may no longer be plying major thoroughfares in Metro Manila.

Two detainees who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 escaped from a quarantine facility in Del Pan, Manila yesterday but were caught hours later.

Two months after being declared free of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19, Ilocos Sur recorded a new case on Monday.

France in pre-COVID-19 times forbade face-covering hijab in malls, trains, parks, schools, and government offices.

Early in the pandemic, a government official voiced something learned from the COVID quarantine: if you want to empty the streets and force people to stay home, suspend mass transportation.