COVID-19: Philippine hospitals struggle with COVID-19 surge
OVERWHELMED: The country has averaged more than 10,400 daily cases since the start of the month, with intensive care units 84 percent full as of Monday
Reuters, MANILA
Nick Yanez, a 28-year-old ambulance nurse in Metro Manila, said 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.
Already facing one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia, the Philippines has seen a second wave of infections that is stretching healthcare workers in the National Capital Region like never before.
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