MANILA, Philippines – As the Philippines continues its fight against the novel coronavirus, the government has ramped up its efforts by placing the entire island of Luzon on lockdown and expanding the country’s capacity to test more people for possible infection.



As of Thursday, April 2, the Philippines had 2,633 confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease, with 107 deaths, and 51 recoveries. The global death toll reached more than 47,000 and infected more than 900,000.