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File Photo: The Philippines is once again placing close to a quarter of its population under hard lockdown next week, as its latest efforts to contain fast-spreading variants of the coronavirus seem to have floundered. Metro Manila and the nearby provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan and Rizal – home to some 25 million – will be under “enhanced community quarantine” from Monday (March 29) to April 4. Except for those providing essential services, everyone has been instructed to stay home and not to entertain visitors, even kin. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Covid patients stay outside the Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center emergency area as they wait for rooms to be vacated in Marikina, Philippines on Friday March 26, 2021. The Department of Health reported over 9,800 new COVID-19 cases today, the highest number since the pandemic hit the country last year as it struggles to contain an alarming surge in coronavirus infections. Sign reads ÅgCOVID Hot Zone, Do Not EnterÅh. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Night-time curfews from 6pm to 5am will be enforced. PHOTO: REUTERS

Healthcare workers and other essential workers queue to get coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at San Juan City, Metro Manila, Philippines. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

People wearing face masks and face shields as protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) raise palm fronds after a Palm Sunday mass outside the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, in Paranaque, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David