Virus checkpoint queues stretch kilometres in Manila thesundaily Covid19 coronavirus Philippines Manila
This aerial photo shows traffic congestion from vehicles waiting to clear checkpoints, part of measures to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, before entering Manila on March 16, 2020. - AFP: Vehicles entering the Philippine capital were stuck in kilometre-long queues Monday at checkpoints enforcing a quarantine aimed at curbing the nation’s rising coronavirus cases.
Manila’s population of some 12 million swells daily with an army of labourers who commute to work on packed buses from its relatively cheaper suburbs. Though the Philippines has detected a fraction of the infections seen in hot spots such as China and Italy, its confirmed cases have jumped to 140, with 12 deaths.
Local leaders were also to begin imposing night-time curfews in some areas to encourage people to stay home, and “large” masses have been called off in the Catholic majority nation’s capital.
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