The Philippines is at risk of a "humanitarian crisis that will overwhelm the country and wipe out families".- AFP
MANILA, April 6 (Bloomberg): As hospitals in the Philippine capital reach capacity from a new surge of coronavirus cases, increasingly desperate Filipinos are stocking up on oxygen tanks and touting unapproved medications amid fears the health care system may collapse.
Daily infections rose to a record last week in the Southeast Asian nation, where one in nearly five Covid-19 tests comes back positive and vaccination rates lag its neighbors.
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