The Philippine health ministry on Wednesday confirmed 4,650 new coronavirus infections and 111 additional deaths.
MANILA: The Philippine health ministry on Wednesday confirmed 4,650 new COVID-19 infections and 111 more deaths, as lockdown rules were eased in and around Manila.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said there was a need to reopen the economy with small and medium enterprises"barely surviving", while at the same time calling on the public to"follow the safeguards".Duterte's spokesman Harry Roque added that the government used the two-week window to"refresh" and"reboot" its responses against the COVID-19 pandemic, to allow for business activity to resume and for more people to go back to work.
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