Top Trending Topics During Community Quarantine

BY manilabulletin_admin
Mar 17, 2020 00:00 AM

As the National Capital Region (NCR – Metro Manila) has been placed under a Community Quarantine since Sunday and was expanded throughout the entire Luzon island since midnight on Tuesday, 17 March 2020, these are the top trending topics and search terms in the Philippines this week.

Social Media Trends

  1. #COVID19PH
  2. Enhanced Community Quarantine
  3. #WhatToDoDuringQuarantine
  4. #MMQuarantine
  5. #QuarantineLife
  6. #StayHomeChallenge
  7. Luzon
  8. Panelo
  9. Zubiri
  10. #frontlinersPH
Topping the list of social media trends since the weekend are #COVID19PH, “Enhanced Community Quarantine,” #WhatToDoDuringQuarantine, #MMQuarantine, #QuarantineLife, #StayHomeChallenge, and “Luzon”-- all of which are referring to news items and experiences related to the announcement of the government putting the entire island of Luzon and Metro Manila under an Enhanced Community Quarantine.

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo also made the top of the list after his infamous remark, “walang namamatay sa gutom” (no one will die from hunger during the month-long community quarantine) trended in social media with matching memes.

Panelo was actually misquoted in this context. The Manila Bulletin has Panelo’s full quote below:

“Walang namamatay sa gutom. Kahit isang buwan hindi ka pa mamamatay. Hindi ba sinabi na natin yung ating social services department meron nang hinanda na mga packages. Daan-daang libo na nga ang naka-ready sa kanila. Yung mga packed goods? Marami tayong naka-ready." (No one dies from hunger. Even if it is one month, you will not die. Didn’t we say that our social services department has prepared packages. Thousands of packed goods have been readied. We have many supplies.”

It was Monday this week when Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri entered the board of top trending topics as he tested positive to COVID-19.

Last, but definitely not the least, #frontlinersPH made the Top 10 in Social Media Trends in the Philippines this week as we salute all the people who continue to save lives and keep us all safe – the doctors, nurses, ER, and medical staff.

Trending Searches

Based on data obtained from Google Trends, the following are the top Daily Search Trends since 14 March 2020:

  1. Enhanced Community Quarantine
  2. Office 365
  3. Idris Elba
  4. Lockdown
  5. BPO
  6. ABS-CBN
  7. Jack Ma
  8. International flight from Manila
  9. Google Classroom
  10. Bird Flu
Aside from many of us searching for information about the Enhanced Community Quarantine (and what “lockdown” really means), people are also looking for tips on how to make most out of staying at home: Office 365 and Google Classroom.

Many were also searching for information about English actor Idris Elba, who turned COVID-19 positive. Filipinos were also looking for answers on: how BPO workers will work from home, Jack Ma’s philanthropic work, international flights from Manila, the recent bird flu outbreak in Nueva Ecija, and the social media mishap of ABS-CBN hours before the President went on air to announce the NCR Community Quarantine.

Hashtags to Remember

#COVID19PH – for updates about the spread of COVID-19 in the Philippines.

#Coronavirus – for information about the Novel Coronavirus.

#COVID19Quarantine – for updates on areas under quarantine.

#ReliefPH – for efforts to help frontliners and vulnerable sectors.

#CoronavirusFacts – for debunking disinformation about the Coronavirus.

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