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Thousands of police seal Philippine capital to fight coronavirus

By Associated Press

March 14, 2020

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Filipino army troopers, some wearing protective masks, arrive to augment police in Valenzuela, metropolitan Manila, Philippines early Sunday. Thousands of Philippine police, backed by the army and coast guard, have started sealing the densely populated capital from most domestic travelers in one of Southeast Asia's most drastic containment moves against the coronavirus.
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Filipino army troopers cross a road as they arrive to augment police in Valenzuela, metropolitan Manila, Philippines early Sunday.
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A Filipino trooper wearing a protective mask ride on a military truck in Valenzuela, metropolitan Manila, Philippines early Sunday.
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A policeman stands at a checkpoint in Quezon city, metropolitan Manila, Philippines early Sunday.
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Filipino troopers wear protective masks as they arrive to augment police at Valenzuela, metropolitan Manila, Philippines early Sunday.
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Filipino troopers listen to instructions as they wait to be deployed at checkpoints in the metropolis as part of the government's preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus in Manila, Philippines on Saturday.
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Filipino army troopers wearing protective masks arrive to augment police in Valenzuela, metropolitan Manila, Philippines early Sunday.
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Policemen inspect vehicles at a checkpoint in Quezon city, metropolitan Manila, Philippines early Sunday.
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A Filipino army trooper helps his comrade wear a protective masks as they arrive to augment police at Valenzuela, metropolitan Manila, Philippines early Sunday.
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Filipino troopers listen to instructions as they wait to be deployed at checkpoints in the metropolis as part of the government's preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus in Manila, Philippines on Saturday.
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Filipino troopers wait to be deployed at checkpoints in the metropolis as part of the government's preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus in Manila, Philippines on Saturday.
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