Philippines keeps virus curbs in Manila to January 31
The country is also preparing for the more transmissible Covid-19 variant and is extending a flight ban from Britain until mid-January
28 December 2020 - 18:03
Manila — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has extended partial coronavirus restrictions in the capital, Manila, until the end of January to prevent the spread of Covid-19 after Christmas and holiday festivities.
The capital region, which accounts for 40% of the country’s economic output and is home to at least 12-million people, remains the coronavirus hotspot in the Philippines, which has the second highest infections and deaths in Southeast Asia...
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