The Philippine government has imposed restrictions on going out in the capital Manila next month in order to prevent the spread of the infection, following the confirmation of a highly infectious mutant virus "Delta strain" in the country earlier this month. Announced that it will be raised to the toughest level from day to day.

In the Philippines, measures to restrict going out have been continued for more than a year in various places to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, but this month the infection started to spread again, and new infections per day for 30 days. There were 8562 people.



Also, this month, the highly infectious mutant virus "Delta strain" was detected for the first time, and 216 people have been confirmed to be infected so far, but experts point out that there are more infected people. It has been.



In response to this, the Philippine government announced on the 30th that it will raise the restrictions on going out to the strictest of the four levels from the 6th to the 20th of next month, especially in Manila, the capital city where the infection is spreading.



It has been the toughest level since March, and as a general rule, going out is prohibited except when purchasing daily necessities such as groceries, and companies are required to minimize the number of employees who go to work. increase.



"It's a very painful decision, but we have to stop the spread of the Delta strain at this point," said the Philippine Presidential Office.