Cebuanos have gotten creative and clever in practicing social distancing in their markets. In a couple of Facebook posts by the Cebu City Market Operations Division, we can see that they have drawn circles on the ground to help market-goes practice social distancing while shopping.
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According to them, people will need to stay inside these circles whenever they go to the market. With this, they have also posted photos of Cebuanos doing their shopping in the Carbon Market Complex. So far, we can see that shoppers are able to practice social distancing by staying inside these circles.
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Governor Gwendolyn has already placed Cebu province on lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus. As of writing, there have been 27 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Cebu province. Nationwide, there have been 5,660 reported cases of COVID-19 with 362 deaths and 435 recoveries.
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