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‘Will We Die Hungry?’ A Teeming Manila Slum Chafes Under Lockdown

MANILA — Even before the coronavirus arrived in Manila, a saying in the capital’s sprawling San Roque slum — “no one dies from a fever” — crystallized the many threats that its residents faced in their daily lives. Drug-fueled petty crime. Food shortages. Overcrowding and poor sanitation. Fever, body aches …

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