A vendor arranges her hair behind plastic sheets to curb the spread of the coronavirus at a market in Quezon city, Philippines, on Tuesday (Sept 22, 2020). Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he has extended a state of calamity in the entire Philippines by a year to allow the government to draw emergency funds faster to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and harness the police and military to maintain law and order. - AP
MANILA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua): The number of confirmed Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases in the Philippines surged to 291,789 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,635 new daily cases on Tuesday, the lowest in 15 days.
The DOH reported 1,383 new daily cases on Sept 7.
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