The Philippines said Friday it has extended until the end of this month a travel ban on foreigners from Japan and other countries where a new, possibly more transmissible variant of the coronavirus has been confirmed.The two-week extension comes as the Southeast Asian country scrambles to contain the pandemic following its announcement Wednesday that just such a variant had been detected in the country for the first time.The ban, which took effect on Dec. 30 and was set to end Friday, originally targeted 20 countries and regions but has since expanded to 33 countries and regions, including …READ FULL ARTICLE
