THREAD: President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the public amid the rising cases of coronavirus disease or #COVID19 in the Philippines | Watch here bit.ly/39NsJ3N 
Duterte: Sa mga kababayan ko, do not panic.
Duterte: Wag kayo masyadong ma-stress na parang hindi mo na magawa ang gusto mong gawin.
Duterte: There is no cure. Wala naman tayong mabili sa mga botika to cure COVID-19.
Duterte: The crisis is very, very clear. COVID-19 is spreading all throughout the country.
Duterte: Yung medyo mahina, make yourself healthier by whatever means.
Duterte: It’s a virus, ang laban lang natin ay ang katawan natin.
Duterte: Wag kayong matakot, wag kang manerbyos pero wala pang antidote ito.
Duterte: Try to obey what government is suggesting or ordering you to do.
Duterte: 'Yung mahina, make yourself healthier. But most of all try to obey what government is ordering you to do.
Duterte: Try to obey what government is suggesting or ordering you to do. Wag kayong matakot, wag kayong manerbiyos.
Duterte is explaining how vaccines work.
Duterte: Yung mga sundalo na tawag nila anti-bodies na pangaway mo sa madudumi, germs, sila yung ma-alert, sila yung papatay ng virus.
Duterte: Nandiyan na ‘yan (COVID-19)...but the government is making it controllable.
Duterte on coronavirus: Nandiyan na ‘yan, it’s a serious one. Do not minimize it but don’t kill yourself worrying about it.
Duterte: Yung mga sinasabi na social distancing, sundin lang po ninyo.
Duterte: It’s the medical experts who can help us. Listen to them.
Duterte: Kapag hindi kayo nag-cooperate, the problem will start with you.
Duterte: Itong Task Force, inter-agency to kasama ang military at pulis kasi kailangan namin ang tulong nila kung sakaling lalala talaga ito.
Duterte: it’s important to give credence to what Health Secretary Duque says.
Duterte: Meron ho kaming resolution ngayon but maybe I will convert this into an executive order para masunod talaga lahat.
Duterte now reading portions of the IATF resolution on COVID-19.
Duterte: Ang sinabi dito, una sa resolution is a province quarantine is advised when there is at least 2 positive COVID-19 cases in different towns or cities.
Duterte: Work in the executive department shall be suspended during this period #COVID19.
Duterte: Sa mga opisina, national, walang trabaho pero may mga skeletal. A few employees, volunteer or selected sila ang magpatakbo ng departamento.
Duterte: Flexible work arrangements encouraged for the private sector. All manufacturing, retail and service establishments are advised to remain in operation.
Duterte encourages flexible work arrangement in private sector.
Duterte: Mass public transports, including LRT and MRT, shall continue operation. Pero ang social distancing, dapat malayo #COVID19.
Duterte: Ang pinaka importante ang Department of Health. Kung anong iutos nila para sa atin, susundin talaga natin.
Duterte: Kung ano ang i-utos ng Department of Health, gagawin natin.
Duterte says this is subject to a day-to-day review: If there is a slow down in the contagion or medyo mawala lang.
Duterte: Nandito na tayo sa maximum, it’s really for the protection of humanity.
Duterte: The suspension of classes in Metro Manila is extended until April 12.
Duterte: May mga taong nagsasabi na kung patay, patay ka.
Kawawa naman ang mga nanay at tatay niyo, just stay inside your house.
Kawawa naman ang mga nanay at tatay niyo, just stay inside your house.
Duterte: Kung walang magawa ang mga estudyante, mag-aral ka. Ang sigurado ako, ang mga kamay niyo nasa cellphone niyo.
Duterte on extension of class suspensions until April 12: Kung wala kang magawa, sabi ng gobyerno mag-aral ka. Pero ito hindi ko inaasahang susundin ninyo.
Duterte: For those who want to improve, you better make use of the time to study.
Duterte: Kayong mga bata, kayo yung mga akala niyo mamatay kapag di nakalabas.
Duterte: Avoid trouble with anybody. Just stay home and study.
Duterte says mass gatherings are prohibited: Ayaw kong masita kayo ng pulis at military. It could be messy.
Duterte: If you are advised, just obey. It’s for your own good. I hate it but you have to do it because there’s a crisis engulfing the country right now.
Duterte: Ayaw naming gamitin yan. But there is a lockdown.
Duterte: It’s a matter of defending you from COVID-19.
Duterte: Kung sa barangay may 2 na infected, i-quarantine niyo na ang barangay niyo.
Duterte: The barangay captain is under the administrative code, and a person of authority. Kung awayin mo, pareho ang kasalanan mo kapag lumaban ka sa police.
Duterte: I do not have enough policemen and soldiers to cover every inch of the country. Ang meron ako, barangay captains. They are bound by the rules written here.
Duterte tells barangay captains: You better implement these. If not, you go to prison for dereliction of duty.
Duterte on Metro Manila lockdown: Hindi ito martial law. It's not even something extraordinary.
Duterte: Walang iba except to fight the virus and to exact compliance. Mas mabuting maniwala kayo.
Duterte: 'Wag kayong matakot sa sundalo. Sundalo ninyo 'yan. Ang AFP is there to serve you. 'Wag kayong matakot.
Duterte: Don’t play with the martial law and military na ‘yan. It’s always the military who keep things in our country in order.
Duterte says Chinese President Xi Jinping is willing to help, 'all we have to do is to ask.'
Duterte: If things deteriorate, I will call on China to help.
Duterte to Xi: Thank you for the consoling words, but maybe, we will need your help. Salamat po.
Duterte reiterates Philippines’ COVID-19 travel ban.
Duterte: To the Chinese government, thank you for the consoling words. I hope it would not reach to that point. But maybe, we will need your help.
Duterte: Yung gustong pumunta dito, hindi tatanggapin lalo na kung mismo yung bayan nila has ordered a restriction to travel.
Duterte: Itong mga diplomats, di naman sila kailangan papasukin yang mga ‘yan.
Duterte: Dito sa atin medyo maliit pa, pero numbers in a crisis can be cruel. Overnight, makikita mong mabilis na.
Duterte: If you’re not feeling well, go to the hospital and seek treatment. Libre ‘yan.
Duterte: If you are experiencing ubo, lungs mo ang titirahin diyan. It starts with a virus, it weakens your body. Lahat na papasok and it will kill you.
Duterte: Meron tayong structure. Merong regional, provincial, city health centers.
Duterte: Let’s help each other. Delikado talaga, totoo ang crisis na ito kasi walang gamot.
Duterte: Kaunting pasensya lang, this is for your own good.
Duterte ends his speech, which lasted almost an hour.
