LIMITING BORDER TRAFFIC Policemen check on motorists at the end of Coastal Road Expressway, entering, Bacoor, Cavite Province on Aug. 1, 2021, after the Department of the Interior and Local Government ordered stricter border control to prevent the further spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO
Police on Sunday began to impose travel restrictions to seal off Metro Manila and outlying provinces that make up NCR Plus ahead of the imposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) on Friday.
The restrictions were intended to minimize the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19.