Extra precaution: A security guard watching a shopper exiting from a disinfection chamber installed at the entrance of a shopping mall as a preventive measure against Covid-19 in Manila. — AFP
BUS and jeepney drivers compiling a “passenger manifest”. Malls issuing time cards to shoppers to limit their stay to just an hour. Churches collecting not just tithes, but also the names and contact numbers of those attending mass.
These are just some of the unorthodox steps the Philippines is taking as it begins to relax some of the strictest lockdown restrictions in South-East Asia.
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