Philippines govt urges behaviour change as Covid-19 deaths top 3,000


People wait to get tested for Covid-19 at a government facility in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines, onAug 18, 2020. - Reuters

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The Philippines Department of Health reiterated that the public should learn to live with the new coronavirus, as the country reached the grim milestone of more than 3,000 Covid-19 deaths on Monday (Aug 24).

This comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) had estimated the pandemic to last at least two years.

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