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Philippines Tightens Entry Restrictions as Covid Cases Rise

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The Philippines will bar foreigners and limit arrivals in its Manila airport to 1,500 passengers a day for a month starting this week as coronavirus infections surged anew.

Foreigners and returning citizens who are not migrant workers can’t enter the Southeast Asian nation from March 20 to April 19, based on an order from the Covid-19 task force. The cap on international arrivals at the nation’s main gateway will be from March 18 to April 18, the Civil Aeronautics Board said.