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A recent study by researchers of the University of California at San Diego with the University of Toronto, and the Indian Institute of Science found that respiratory droplets from a cough or a sneeze can travel — depending on weather conditions — eight to 13 feet away before evaporating. The droplets evaporate faster in hot, dry climate, but can still travel about eight feet.

When President Duterte delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) today before Congress in joint session at the Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City, he is likely to touch on so many issues and incidents that have recently affected the nation.

The four months of lockdown that began on March 16 are expected to contract the Philippine economy by 8 percent this year, making it one of the slowest to recover in Asia, according to an assessment by London think tank Capital Economics.

The hot summer season came and went this year, without the problems over water supply that we experienced in previous years. Last year, we may recall, the people in the east zone of Metro Manila suffered water rationing, with people lining up with their pails and barrels as government opened major water outlets in the streets in the area.