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Filipino volunteers conduct home visits in Manila to check possible COVID-19 cases

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Manila, May 23 (EFE/EPA).-'Here comes the astronauts!’ - Bystanders joke around while covering their mouths as a group of volunteer health workers - Mercellina Villacampa, Vannessa Morales, Fe Bacunawa and Richell Arsenio - enter an alley in the populous Village 775, Zone 84, in Manila, donning full protective gears to check the area for suspected cases of COVID-19.“It's funny, we used to get irked when we are called names but now we are used to it. Astronaut is their favorite,” the volunteers said.The volunteers have been conducting home visits twice a day since mid-March when Luzon Island was put under lockdown to contain the spread of the pandemic.(Camera: MARK CRISTINO)FOOTAGE SHOWS A GROUP OF VOLUNTEER HEALTH WORKERS - MERCELLINA VILLACAMPA, VANNESSA MORALES, FE BACUNAWA AND RICHELL ARSENIO – CONDUCTING HOME VISITS TO CHECK FOR SUSPECTED CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE POPULOUS VILLAGE 775, ZONE 84, IN MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES.

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