Coronavirus: Philippines shuts churches, curbs travel; AstraZeneca counters Indonesia concerns over pork in vaccine

Churches in Manila will be closed, eating inside restaurants banned and leisure travel outside the Philippine capital curbed under new coronavirus rules unveiled on Sunday as the country battles a resurgence in infections.The number of new cases has exceeded 7,000 for three days in a row – the highest since the start of the pandemic – taking the country’s caseload to more than 663,000 and straining hospitals.Around half of the active cases are in Metro Manila where many of the 12 million…

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