Relief, unease as Filipinos start living with Covid-19 - a special focus from The Straits Times

People attending mass on Ash Wednesday at Baclaran Church, in Paranaque City, Metro Manila, on March 2, 2022. - Reuters

SINGAPORE, March 13 (The Straits Times/ANN): WE knew it was coming: the "new normal".

For weeks, new infections had been hovering below 600. Half of the hospital beds were unused, and thousands were getting vaccinated every day.