A healthcare worker conducts a swab test inside a medical facility in Marikina City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. The Philippines has one of Asia’s lowest vaccination rates, with only about half of its population receiving two shots, according to the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker. Its limited and costly testing apparatus, fragmented tracing program and fragile health system have made it hard to stamp out outbreaks despite several economically devastating lockdowns. - Bloomberg
MANILA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 32,744 new Covid-19 infections on Friday, raising the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,357,083.
The number of active cases rose to 291,618 as the country's positivity rate increased to 44 percent from 43.3 percent recorded in the previous day.
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