UPDATE 1-Philippine capital on lockdown to contain coronavirus

* Duterte threatens jail for officials who ignore orders
* Says public disorder possible, urges cooperation
* Cabinet members undergoing quarantine
* Foreigners from countries with domestic transmission
barred

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By Martin Petty and Karen Lema
MANILA, March 12 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo
Duterte on Thursday announced strict immigration curbs and a
halt on domestic land, sea and air travel to and from Manila, in
what he called a "lockdown" of the capital to arrest the spread
of coronavirus.
Duterte approved a resolution allowing a raft of measures
including bans on mass gatherings, a month of school closures
and community quarantining, and threatened to jail local
officials who defied government orders.
The firebrand leader, who underwent a test himself on
Thursday due to possible exposure, said the measures would
include banning foreigners travelling from countries with
domestic transmissions from entering the Philippines.
It follows confirmation on Saturday of the Philippines'
first domestic transmission of the virus, and a subsequent rise
in cases daily to 52, among those five deaths, resulting in the
Manila lockdown.
"We do not want to use that (term). But it is a lockdown,"
Duterte said in a televised announcement.
"There is no struggle of power here. It is a matter of
defending and protecting you from COVID-19."
The curbs on travel and scope for mass quarantining would be
among the strictest domestic coronavirus restrictions outside
China and Italy, which have combined more than 90,000 confirmed
cases.
Duterte last week attended the same event as an official who
later tested positive for the coronavirus, and would know his
result on Saturday. Six cabinet ministers, 16 lawmakers, six
Manila mayors and the central bank governor were undergoing
self-quarantine as a precaution.
Despite having relatively few confirmed infections, health
authorities are keen to halt the spread of the virus, having
last year dealt with major outbreaks of dengue and measles, and
the first cases of polio in two decades.
The biggest concern is Manila, an urban sprawl of 16 cities
fused together, known for its overcrowded slums, limited open
spaces and horrendous traffic congestion.
Its population is officially nearly 13 million, but the real
number is believed to be far greater due to unchecked migration
and millions of informal settlers.
The resolution advises quarantining urban communities where
there are confirmed cases in two separate households, and
extending that to municipalities and cities where there are
outbreaks in different districts.
Duterte said it was possible the measures "could create
public disturbances or disorder", but hoped people would see
sense.
"It is a serious one, it is true," he said. "Do not kill
yourself with worry because government is doing everything
possible to make it at least controllable."