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The government is ready to tighten quarantine restrictions and ramp up hospital capacities in places seeing a surge.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ....
MANILA - The Philippines has chalked up over a million Covid-19 infections, hitting a new, grim milestone as it debates whether to keep quarantine restrictions in place to hold on to recent gains against the pandemic or reopen the economy further to stem massive jobs and corporate losses. There were close to 9,000 new cases reported on Monday (April 26), bringing the nation s total to 1,006,428. Nearly 17,000 people have died. The Philippines is the second worst-hit country in South-east Asia, after Indonesia, which has over 1.6 million Covid-19 cases. Data crunchers said the number of cases in Metro Manila, where nearly half the infections were recorded, was going down following the strict restrictions under quarantine in place since mid-March. ....
MANILA - The Philippines is reinstating many of the quarantine curbs it has been lifting since October around its sprawling capital region, as it confronts a new wave of Covid-19 infections that may be far worse than what it experienced last year. Researchers warn that the country may see up to 8,000 new cases a day by the end of March and up to 18,000 daily infections by mid-April, as the coronavirus is spreading by nearly twice its previous pace. We re not trying to frighten people. All we re saying is that s the science. There s no fear-mongering in science, said Professor Guido David, a spokesman for the University of the Philippines-based Octa Research Group. ....