Precious pints: A health worker carrying blood samples at a parking lot converted into an extension of the Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Centre in Manila. — AP
THE Philippine president has agreed to place the capital and outlying provinces back under a lockdown after medical groups warned that the country was waging “a losing battle” against the coronavirus amid an alarming surge in infections.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said yesterday that metropolitan Manila, the capital region of more than 12 million people, and five densely populated provinces will revert to stricter quarantine restrictions for two weeks starting today.
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