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Philippines gives foreigners days to leave virus-hit region

by Associated Press
| March 17, 2020 8:30 AM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of foreign travelers need to leave the northern Philippines by Friday or they will be stranded in the region, which has been placed under quarantine because of a growing number of coronavirus infections, officials said Tuesday.

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