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Drive-by blessings in Covid-19 hit Philippines

Priests delivered blessings marking Palm Sunday amid the coronavirus outbreak

Published: April 05, 2020 11:30 AFP and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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200405 manila — Manila: Priests delivered blessings from the back of trucks and motorised tricycles in the Philippine Sunday, adapting the deeply Catholic nation's traditions to the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: Reuters

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200405 locals — Locals lined up in front of their homes in a district of Manila, which is entering its fourth week of a lockdown that has brought the frenetic metropolis nearly to a halt. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Philippines_09245.jpg-148bc [1]-1586071255324 — The priests made signs of the cross as they rolled past waving residents marking Palm Sunday, the start of the week that culminates with the observance of Easter. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-04-05T051642Z_1165483638_RC25YF9HWK6R_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-PHILIPPINES-PALM-SUNDAY-1586071263578 — "This celebration will continue despite the spread of the virus," said Bong Sosa, who attended wearing a mask crafted from a water cooler bottle. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 780781-01-08-1586071280169 — The blessings come as the Philippines recorded a total of 144 deaths and 3,094 confirmed virus cases, numbers that are expected to keep rising as the nation ramps up testing. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-04-05T051530Z_1064493919_RC25YF9N9Y4C_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-PHILIPPINES-PALM-SUNDAY-1586071265345 — The quarantine that has shuttered schools and businesses and halted all social and religious events across most of the nation will likely be extended beyond mid-April, authorities have said. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Philippines_04051.jpg-0ef75-1586071282680 — Easter is a major holiday in the Philippines when millions typically return to their family homes outside the capital, but heavy restrictions on movement will disrupt those trips this year. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-04-05T051842Z_1654344769_RC25YF99Z2U1_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-PHILIPPINES-PALM-SUNDAY-1586071267257 — Bans on large public events will also mean that typically thronged churches will be empty save for priests performing mass that will be live-streamed into tens of millions of homes. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Philippines_47135.jpg-e94a7~1-1586071287357 — Residents wave plants as a Catholic priest holding a Monstrance with the Sacred Host rides a pick-up truck around villages during a new Palm Sunday ritual to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Manila, Philippines. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-04-05T051318Z_415587167_RC25YF9I54C2_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-PHILIPPINES-PALM-SUNDAY-1586071257627 — Filipino Catholics wearing protective masks hold palm fronds and other plants outside their homes as they wait for the blessing of a priest roaming around neighbourhoods to celebrate Palm Sunday amid the lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manila, Philippines. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 780778-01-08-1586071271662 — Roman Catholic priest Pepe Quitorio riding on a tricycle and wearing a face mask blesses the faithfuls holding coconut leaves during Palm Sunday event in Borongan town, Eastern Samar province. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-04-05T051242Z_466928187_RC25YF9EYIMQ_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-PHILIPPINES-PALM-SUNDAY-1586071259576 — Filipino Catholics wearing protective masks hold palm fronds and other plants outside their homes as they wait for the blessing of a priest roaming around neighbourhoods to celebrate Palm Sunday amid the lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, Philippines. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 780779-01-08-1586071274318 — Church authorities have asked the catholic faithfuls not to go to churches for the Palm Sunday blessing, but instead to stay in front of their houses as priests will go around their communities for the blessing, to observe social distancing as part of the government efforts to combat COVID 19 pandemic. Image Credit: AFP

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200405 catholics — Filipino Catholics wearing protective masks hold palm fronds outside their homes as they wait for the blessing of a priest roaming around neighbourhoods to celebrate Palm Sunday. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 780780-01-08-1586071277003 — Roman Catholic priest Pepe Quitorio riding on a tricycle and wearing a face mask blesses the faithfuls holding coconut leaves during Palm Sunday event in Borongan town, Eastern Samar, Philippines. Image Credit: AFP

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