A sign is displayed at a triage area in Santa Ana Hospital indicating that its Covid-19 facility is at full capacity, in Manila, on April 9, 2021. - Reuters
MANILA (AFP): Angelo Barrera's father struggled to breathe from Covid-19 as he was driven around the Philippine capital in search of a hospital bed. After five hours he got on a waitlist, but died before he could get inside.
More contagious variants of the coronavirus have been blamed for a record surge in infections in Metro Manila that has overstretched hospitals and sent the national capital region into lockdown.
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