Traffic jams and crowds of commuters returned to Metro Manila on Monday as the metropolis relaxed antivirus measures in a high-stakes gamble to slowly reopen the economy while fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

No ride, no physical distancing Returning workers throw caution to the wind and forget health protocols as they wait for buses at Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on June 1, 2020. Government agencies had to deploy trucks and buses to ferry thousands of commuters on the first day of the implementation of the general community quarantine in Metro Manila. PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE AND RUY L. MARTINEZ

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