Philippines: Parts of Manila impose two-day ‘hard lockdown’

The Philippines has imposed 48-hour lockdowns in parts of the capital to deal with a spike in new coronavirus cases.
They are the most severe restrictions since measures started easing several weeks ago.

Al Jazeera’s Jamela Alindogan reports from Manila.

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