Millions of people in the Philippines won’t be celebrating Easter as normal this year after the majority Catholic country imposed a strict lockdown in the capital and nearby provinces.

A lockdown in several provinces of the Philippines including its capital, Manila, was extended by one week on Monday as officials grapple with a surge of cases blamed on new variants of COVID-19.

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The Philippine health department says lockdowns will not prevent the spread of mpox, dismissing claims of looming restrictions after several towns reported cases of the viral disease. Online graphics ...

MANILA (Reuters) – Catholic priest Eduardo “Ponpon” Vasquez has worn a hazmat suit more than a vestment this past month. His parish in the populous Caloocan area of the Philippine capital ...

MANILA, Philippines -- Commuter trains, ... Tuesday and police were again staffing checkpoints to restrict public travel as surging virus cases forced another lockdown. ...

With regular travel disrupted, Davin Bennett, a 34-year-old Jamaican missionary pilot, uses a small plane to ferry patients in need of medical care across the northern Philippines.

The Philippines will place its capital region under a strict lockdown from Aug. 6 to Aug. 20 and implement additional movement restrictions in the interim to stem the spread of the coronavirus ...

The Philippines announced on Tuesday that it was expanding a lockdown for unvaccinated people around the capital, Manila, after recording a spike in Covid-19 cases after the holidays.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is allowing for the use of deadly force against those found violating lockdown standards implemented in an effort curtail the spread of the coronavirus.

Millions of people in the Philippines won’t be celebrating Easter as normal this year after the majority Catholic country imposed a strict lockdown in the capital and nearby provinces.