MANILA - The Philippines is coming out of another hard lockdown and signs are it may have succeeded in putting a break to an alarming resurgence in coronavirus infections.
Latest Health Ministry figures showed the number of daily Covid-19 cases was down to about 8,000 in the past two days, from as high as 15,000 in recent weeks.
The virus is also not spreading as fast as it used to, according to data crunchers. But the cost has been devastating to an economy that ratings firm Moody s believes is already in a worrisome state .
The government slapped sweeping restrictions in Metro Manila and four nearby provinces, an area covering a quarter of the nation s population, from March 29 to April 11 to slow a new outbreak far worse than last year s.
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