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MANILA (Reuters) - Nick Yañez, a 28-year-old ambulance nurse in a satellite city of Manila, says she sometimes spends six to seven hours in her emergency vehicle caring for a COVID-19 patient before a bed can be found in a hospital.
A health worker wears personal protective equipment (PPE) prior to conducting swab tests in a household where coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive cases have been recorded, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
Already facing one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia, the Philippines has seen a second wave of infections that is stretching health care workers in the capital like never before.
Covid: Philippine hospitals struggle to cope as more severe virus wave hits
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Philippine hospitals struggle to cope as more severe Covid-19 wave hits
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