Rising number of Covid-19 cases derailing efforts to jumpstart Philippine economy

Departing passengers will be required to sign declaration forms and to undergo quarantine upon their return. - AFP

MANILA (The Straits Times/ANN): A resurgence in coronavirus cases is threatening to derail efforts by the Philippines to restart an economy that could be headed for its deepest contraction in more than three decades.

The government has warned that tougher restrictions may be restored. But it has baulked at imposing the same sweeping, months-long lockdown it resorted to at the onset of the pandemic in March.