MANILA, Philippines — There appears to be no major improvement in the way the country handles the surge of COVID-19 cases, if activist group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) is to be believed.
In a statement on Friday, Bayan secretary-general Renato Reyes said that the Department of Health (DOH) numbers has not shown any improvement even with Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal being under an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) for almost two weeks.
Earlier, DOH’s COVID-19 bulletin showed the highest single-day increase in deaths with 401, bringing the death toll to 14,520. As of now, the total number of active cases is at 178,351, as 12,225 new cases wer…
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