Mayors of Metro Manila’s 16 cities announced night-time 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 sixth 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 12 million people.
Some of the capital’s residents flocked to bus stations and airports ahead of the travel ban that will start Sunday. The night-time curfew will take effect on March 15 to April 14, but some employees will be exempt, Garcia said, adding that violators will not be reprimanded and not arrested.
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