POLICE began closing off access to the Philippines’ sprawling and densely populated capital Manila, imposing a quarantine that officials hope will curb the nation’s rising number of Covid-19 cases.
Officers in military fatigues and armed with rifles blocked off main roads into the city of some 12 million as domestic flights to and from Manila were halted yesterday for a month-long isolation of the capital.
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