Members of the Philippine Coast Guard give packed meals to passengers before they are sent to their respective quarantine facilities as they arrive at Manila's International Airport, Philippines on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. The government lifts travel restrictions in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia starting Monday as the country hits the highest single-day record of 22,415 new Covid-19 cases. - AP
MANILA, Sept 6 (AFP): The Philippines will lift a stay-at-home order in the capital Manila this week as it trials "granular lockdowns", an official said Monday, in a bid to rein in coronavirus cases and revive the economy.
More than 13 million people in the national capital region -- the country's economic heartland -- have been in lockdown since August 6 amid record infections fuelled by the hyper-contagious Delta variant.
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