CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
AFP
Manila will impose a night-time curfew in the city of 12 million, officials said yesterday, as the Philippines steps up efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. The measure takes effect today along with President Rodrigo Duterte's order to seal off the capital from the rest of the country which has recorded 98 virus cases, including eight deaths. People will have to stay home between 8:00 pm and 5:00 am except to travel to work, buy essentials or seek medical assistance. Mayors of Manila's 17 local government areas are also pushing for shopping malls -- the centres of life in the country -- to be temporarily shuttered. Schools will also be closed for a month and mass gatherings banned.
AFP
Manila will impose a night-time curfew in the city of 12 million, officials said yesterday, as the Philippines steps up efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. The measure takes effect today along with President Rodrigo Duterte's order to seal off the capital from the rest of the country which has recorded 98 virus cases, including eight deaths. People will have to stay home between 8:00 pm and 5:00 am except to travel to work, buy essentials or seek medical assistance. Mayors of Manila's 17 local government areas are also pushing for shopping malls -- the centres of life in the country -- to be temporarily shuttered. Schools will also be closed for a month and mass gatherings banned.