THE crime rate in the Philippines dropped by 47 percent nationwide during the six-month quarantine that the government imposed because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar reported on Friday.

The 31,661 crime incidents from Sept. 15, 2019 to March 16, 2020 decreased to 16,879 from March 17 to September 16, 2020, said Eleazar, commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Covid Shield.

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