Coffins were used to warm Filipinos to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic.<br /><br />Police officers placed a white and gold casket at a checkpoint in San Fernando City in Pampanga province where residents were checked to ensure they are following the travel ban.<br /><br />On the coffin, it says "stay at home or stay inside" alongside a picture of the grim reaper.<br /><br />Officers from Police Regional Office 3 said it was ''a reminder of the dangers posed by the COVID-19 pandemic''.<br /><br />Another video shows police and volunteers carry a coffin to walk along the road during a night patrol, warning residents to obey a curfew imposed on the city.<br /><br />The Philippines has declared 1,546 cases of the coronavirus and attributed 78 deaths to the pandemic, as of March 30. <br /><br />There have been strict orders banning movement between cities, curfews and food rationing and residents have been ordered to stay inside.
