The Philippines will limit foreign arrivals at its main airport in Manila to 1,500 passengers a day for a month starting March 18, the Civil Aviation Council said as coronavirus infections rose again.
Philippine Airlines, in a post on Facebook, said it could cancel some international flights. Some passengers will also have to postpone their trip to Manila to comply with immigration directives, the carrier said. Most foreigners are still barred from entering the country.
The Philippines, which has the second worst outbreak in Southeast Asia, reported more than 4,000 daily cases on Tuesday for the fifth day, bringing the total to more than 631,000 infections. Its daily number has reached its highest level since August in recent days, but it seems that the increase has limited impact on the economy.
Several tourist places in the historic Intramuros district of the nation’s capital will be closed until further notice, his said the administrator on his Facebook account. The government in recent weeks has allowed theme parks, together with cinemas and conferences to resume operations, as it sought to further reopen an economy in which recession this quarter.