There Was a Shopping Rush at Trabajo Market Before Sampaloc's Hard Lockdown

Residents of Sampaloc district did some last-minute shopping at Trabajo Market on Thursday hours before the 48-hour “hard lockdown” was in place. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has put the Sampaloc district under the strict lockdown due to the alarming number of COVID-19 cases there.

During the said period, the district will be under strict disease surveillance, rapid risk assessment, and testing operations for the COVID-19 pandemic. Residents are required to stay home from 8:00 p.m. of April 23 to 8:00 p.m. of April 25, Saturday. SPIN.ph's chief photographer captured the scenes at the public market. Take a look at the images below.

Photo by Jerome Ascaño.

Photo by Jerome Ascaño.

Photo by Jerome Ascaño.

Photo by Jerome Ascaño.

This story originally appeared on Spin.ph. Minor edits have been made by the Esquiremag.ph editors.