Friday, 15 Jan 2021 03:44 PM MYT People wearing face shields and masks amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic visit a popular shopping market hours before Christmas eve in Manila December 24, 2020. — AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. MANILA, Jan 15 — The Philippines today extended by two weeks a ban on travellers from more than 30 territories and countries where a more transmissible Covid-19 variant has been detected, with the restriction also now covering Filipinos who want to come home. The South-east Asian country, which has recorded its first case of a new variant that was first found in Britain, has the second highest number of Covid-19 cases and casualties in South-east Asia, next to Indonesia.