health workers disinfect the streets of Manila on March 16, 2021, as new confirmed cases soar each day.
The communist virus outbreak in the Philippines continues to heat up, with new cases almost doubling in a single day over a four-day period from the 10th to the 13th, with even Philippine presidential spokesman Jacques Roque declaring himself infected. As several government officials were diagnosed or placed under self-imposed quarantine, Manila authorities announced on the evening of March 16 that foreigners and non-Overseas Worker Filipino nationals would be banned from entering the country from March 20 to April 19.
The Central News Agency (CNA) reported that the Civil Aviation Board (CAB) also ordered to limit the capacity of Manila International Airport to a maximum of 1,500 passengers per day from 8 a.m. on March 18 to 8 a.m. on April 19.
The Philippines announced on March 16 that 4,437 new cases of Chinese communist virus disease (COVID-19, Wuhan pneumonia) had been confirmed and 11 people had died, with the number of confirmed cases climbing to more than 4,000 on a single day for five consecutive days.
The Philippine National Police chief Debold Sinas, presidential spokesman Harry Roque and other officials have been diagnosed one after another, and Philippine cabinet officials, including Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Carlito Galvez, executive director of the government’s interdepartmental anti-Epidemic working group, and Wuhan Pneumonia Vince Dizon, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, and Roque are currently in self-imposed quarantine.
The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) announced last night the resolution of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Combating the Epidemic, stating that in order to prevent the introduction of Wuhan pneumonia Variant virus from overseas and the continued rise in the number of cases, the entry of foreign nationals and Filipino nationals who are not overseas workers, diplomatic and international organization personnel with 9e official visas, medical evacuees, escorts approved by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and overseas Filipinos are prohibited from March 20 to April 19. and overseas Filipinos, and emergency or humanitarian cases approved by the Anti-Epidemic Working Group (AEWG) are excluded.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced that international flights to and from Manila will be curtailed from 8 a.m. on March 18 to 8 a.m. on April 19 in compliance with the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) regulations.
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