Philippines extends existing restrictions on movements in Manila

Workers clean beds inside a ward of a field hospital for Covid-19 coronavirus patients at a park in Manila on June 24, 2021. - AFP

MANILA (Bloomberg): The Philippines extended the existing movement restrictions in the capital region and nearby provinces through July 15, while keeping most of the country under the most lenient status.

Metro Manila and the nearby provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal will remain under the second-lowest level of curbs called "general community quarantine, ” according to a government presentation during a live-streamed briefing on Monday evening.