Philippines Eases Virus Curbs as Economy Stays in Recession
A street vendor sells food along the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue highway in Metro Manila, the Philippines.
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The Philippines will ease movement restrictions in the capital region and nearby areas as the economy struggles to crawl out of recession and as coronavirus infections ease from a peak in April.
Metro Manila and adjacent provinces, the nation’s economic engine, will shift to the second-lowest level of curbs called “general community quarantine” until end-May, the government said on Thursday. The Southeast Asian nation said it’s expecting 202 million vaccine doses to arrive this year.