Coffins with an open casket are left out on the road to get people to Stay at home.

As the world goes into lockdown mode, countries around the globe seem to share one thing in common: Getting its citizens to stay at home. That’s right, as different nations impose different levels of lockdown, the one constant is that it’s people just can’t seem to stop going out.

In the Philippines, where the total number of cases has just recently made it past the 2000 mark, the government has resorted to doing something that no other country in the world has thought of. Aside from shutting down schools, getting people to work from home and literally spraying people and streets with disinfectant, they’re also leaving open caskets of the dead out on the streets as a reminder for people to stay at home.

After imposing a soft lockdown on Manila on the 12th of March, President Rodrigo Duterte imposed even stricter lockdown measures on the entire island of Luzon a mere four days later. With a population of over 57 million on the island, the army was called in to assist with lockdown measures.

In what is probably the most Rodrigo Duterte thing to do, the coffins are meant to be a visual aid for the people and serve as a stark reminder that the possibility of death is very much real. The coffins, which can be found on roads and at army checkpoints across the city, all come with the same message plastered on the coffin; stay home or stay inside.

In spite of all these measures however, the country is still seeing an increase in cases and the death toll currently stands at 88 fatalities from 2084 positive cases, the second highest in Southeast Asia outside Indonesia.

The total number for Covid-19 cases globally currently stands at 846,251, with 41,482 deaths and 176,520 recoveries.