A senior citizen is vaccinated with Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in a school turned vaccination site that operates 24/7, in Manila, Philippines, on Aug 9, 2021. - Reuters
MANILA (Reuters): The Philippines reported on Friday (Aug 13) its second-largest daily increase in Covid-19 infections, providing more evidence of how the virulent Delta variant may be spreading and ramping up pressure on the country's already stretched healthcare system.
Hundreds of hospitals in the country are nearing full capacity, with some facilities reporting they have run out of intensive care unit beds for Covid-19 patients, leaving health care workers, who are forced to work longer hours, exhausted.
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