Despite the phalanx of policemen and Coast Guard personnel guarding the Baywalk along Roxas Boulevard in Malate, Manila Sunday (September 12), cyclists and joggers still manage to congregate around the famed shoreline of Manila Bay, unaware (or perhaps unmindful) of the continuing threat of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This, despite the Philippines recording an "all-time" high of new Covid-19 infections - 26,303 additional cases - the day before.