Underwhelming efforts despite longest lockdown


Shop with caution: Customers at a wet market in Quezon city with protective plastic sheets covering each stall. — AP

THE country reached an undesirable milestone when its Covid-19 cases topped 300,000.

With 2,747 new infections yesterday, the national total rose to 301,256, a reminder of how the government is still struggling to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

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