On March 16, 2020, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared the entire Luzon area in the Philippines under "enhanced community quarantine," which is effectively a total lockdown, restricting the movement of the population with exceptions, in response to the growing pandemic of COVID-19 in the country. Additional lockdown restrictions mandated the temporary closure of non-essential shops and businesses. This quarantine came two days after the implementation of the community quarantine of Metro Manila.