More protests by health staff

Standing their ground: Healthcare workers cheering on a protester acting as Duque behind bars during a rally demanding better wages and benefits outside the Department of Health in Manila. — Reuters

Scores of healthcare workers continued to protest in the Philippine capital to demand an end to what they called government neglect and unpaid benefits, as pressure built at hospitals fighting one of Asia’s longest-running coronavirus epidemics.

Protesters wearing protective medical gear gathered around the Department of Health (DOH) yesterday and held placards demanding their risk allowances and hazard pay, as well as the resignation of Health Secretary Francisco Duque.