MANILA, March 12 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo
Duterte on Thursday announced a halt on domestic land, sea and
air travel to and from Manila, as well as community quarantine
measures, in what he called a "lockdown" of the capital to
arrest the spread of coronavirus.
Duterte approved a resolution to allow a raft of containment
measures including bans on mass gatherings, a month of school
closures and quarantining in communities where cases are
detected, as well as stopping domestic travel in and out of
Manila.
It follows confirmation on Saturday of the Philippines'
first domestic transmission of the virus, which has killed two
people there and infected 53.