The country has approved measures to slow the spread of new, more infectious coronavirus variants as President Rodrigo Duterte warned of a second lockdown should cases spike before the country gets its first vaccines in May.
Countries around the world have in recent days closed their borders to flights from Britain and South Africa, where more infectious variants have been detected.
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