Writer questions if Manila lockdown was preventable

Shoppers stand apart as social distancing measures, amid concerns of the Covid-19 pandemic while queueing outside a supermarket in Manila on March 17, 2020. - AFP

In his article, the writer slams the Philippine government for its recklessly lax policy on allowing people from the heart of the emerging pandemic to enter the country at the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak.

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Manila, the heart of an ancient kingdom and once the throbbing heart of global commerce, is now the first capital city in the entire region to come under collective quarantine.