MANILA, Philippines — Nick Yaez, 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.
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.
“The situation is more severe now. This is version 2.0. The cases are higher, we are more exhausted,” said Yaez, whose ambulance operates in Pasig City.
The country has averaged more than 10,400 daily COVID-19 cases since the start of April, nearly double the …
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