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Asia Today: Philippine capital's virus lockdown being eased

| August 17, 2020 7:03 PM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to ease a mild lockdown in the capital and four outlying provinces to further reopen the country’s battered economy despite having the most reported coronavirus infections in Southeast Asia.

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