Checkpoints in Manila as Philippines brings in new Covid-19 lockdown

Commuter trains, buses and other public vehicles stayed off the main roads of the Philippine capital and police were again staffing checkpoints to restrict public travel as surging virus cases forced another lockdown.

Officials deployed dozens of shuttle buses, along with army lorries, to ferry stranded medical personnel and workers of authorised businesses.

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