Philippines dies ‘after doing 300 squats for violating Covid’s curfew’ | World News

A 28-year-old Filipino died after allegedly being forced by village guards to perform an exercise 300 times as a punishment for violating the coronavirus quarantine, his family said.

Darren Manaog Peñaredondo was caught buying drinking water after 6 pm, allegedly in violation of Covid’s curfew in the town of General Trias in the province of Cavite, Rappler reported. The province is under “enhanced community quarantine status”, which includes a 6 pm to 5 pm curfew.

Peñaredondo’s partner, Reichelyn Balce, told Rappler that Peñaredondo and another man who allegedly violated Covid’s restrictions were “brought to Plaza Malabon in front of the city hall. And then, they were instructed to do pumping exercises 100 times ”on Thursday of last week.

Authorities allegedly said the pair would be forced to repeat the exercises if they were not in sync and ultimately forced the pair to do the exercise – a squat-like pumping movement – 300 times, Balce wrote in a Facebook post.

Peñaredondo came home at 8 am the next day and could barely move without help from being so tired, wrote Balce. Peñaredondo told Balce that he had also fallen “several times” during the exercises.

“All day, he struggled to walk, he was just crawling,” she wrote. Later that day, he started to have seizures and his heart stopped. He was briefly revived, but died around 10 pm.

The city’s chief of police, Lt. Col. Marlo Nillo Solero, told Rappler that there was no such punishment for people who violated Covid’s restrictions. “Instead, we conduct lectures,” he said.

The city’s mayor, General Trias Mayor Antonio Ferrer, confirmed in a Facebook statement that an investigation was underway.

“Brother, goodbye, we love you very much,” wrote Balce. “We will not allow justice not to be served for your loss.”

The Philippine government extended the national blockade for another week on Monday, after coronavirus infections began to dominate many hospitals in the capital and remote regions.

The Philippines reported more than 795,000 cases with 13,425 deaths, the highest totals in Southeast Asia after Indonesia.

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