Jason Gutierrez, NYT

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Teeming Manila slum chafes under COVID-19 lockdown

Curbs to fight coronavirus threaten to plunge San Roque residents deeper into poverty

Firefighters spray disinfectant along a road in Manila, Philippines, Monday, April 6, 2020, in an effort to keep the coronavirus from spreading. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's lockdown of Luzon, the Philippines' largest island and home to Manila, is moving into its second month, plunging the people of San Roque, a suburb of Quezon City, even deeper into poverty as the virus continues to rage.

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