President Rodrigo Duterte approved the imposition of a “community quarantine” on the entire Metro Manila as the government scrambles to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
The recommendation to put the National Capital Region under isolation was made by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and was approved by Duterte in a meeting in Malacanang yesterday night.
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