Original title: the Philippines once again extended the national disaster state to deal with the epidemic
Xinhua news agency, Manila, September, 10, Philippines's presidential palace announced on the 10 day that COVID-19 continued to spread throughout the Philippines. The government decided to extend the national disaster situation for another year to better cope with the epidemic.
Recently, the epidemic situation in the Philippines has rebounded rapidly again. WHO believes that the variant COVID-19 delta strain has been spread in Philippines. Data show that the Philippines reported 22820 new confirmed cases on the 9th of this month, the highest since the outbreak of the epidemic; As of the 10th, there had been more than 2.17 million confirmed cases and more than 34000 deaths. (end)