Philippines extends lockdown in capital, high-risk areas to mid-May

A soldier is seen inspecting a residential area, following the lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus disease in Manila on Saturday (April 25). Philippines govt has announced that its Covid-19 lockdown in its capital has been extended to May 15. - Reuters

MANILA: The danger is still present and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday extended a lockdown in the capital and other provinces until May 15, considered to be high-risk areas, in the country's efforts to control the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.

Duterte also threatened to impose martial law if communist rebels did not stop their attacks amid the outbreak of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.