Philippines capital's movement measures among the tightest in Asia. FMTNews Manila
MANILA: Mayors of Metro Manila’s 16 cities announced nighttime curfews on Saturday and urged shopping malls to close for one month, in a bid to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, as the Philippines reported its eighth death.
President Rodrigo Duterte has raised the country’s health emergency status to the highest level and issued quarantine measures in the capital, home to at least 12 million people. “To limit the spread of the virus, we need to limit the movement of people. We are slowing down the movement of people in Metro Manila,” Jose Arturo Garcia, general manager of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, told a news conference.
The president on Thursday issued land and air travel restrictions to and from the capital that will take effect on March 15, and extended school closures to April 12.
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