Pres. Duterte Checks Stranded Commuters at McArthur Highway
President Rodrigo Duterte comes to check stranded commuters at Valenzuela-Meycuayan boundary in McArthur highway amid total lockdown.
In our previous article, President Rodrigo Duterte placed Metro Manila under a ‘community quarantined’ amid coronavirus (COVID-19) confirmed cases still continue to rise. Since March 15, 2020, all travels by land, sea, and air to and from the Metro Manila are suspended.
Meanwhile, despite the risk of being infected by the coronavirus, the President comes to the boundary of Valenzuela-Meycauayan along McArthur highway to check the condition of stranded commuters who were halted after the community quarantine in Luzon begins.
Recently, GMA News twitter account shared video footage showing President Duterte arrives at the place without wearing a face mask. His only protection is the members of Presidential Security Group (PSG) who are ensuring no one will get near nor touch the President.
Duterte went there to order the military and the police to let the stranded people pass the checkpoint. According to some reports, some workers became stranded since 12 AM, the time when the Luzon community quarantine became effective.
In a report, Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian also went to the checkpoint to ask the Meycauayan Chief of Police to let the people stranded to go home. However, it seems that the Mayor failed to convince the cops.
Thousands of passengers are still stranded in different places in Metro Manila because of the community quarantine in Luzon as many netizens share several photos on their Facebook account showing a vast of people waiting for transportation vehicles.
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