Philippine medical workers under strain as COVID-19 cases jump

The Philippines reported on Friday its second-largest daily increase in COVID-19 infections,providing more evidence of how the virulent Delta variant may be spreading and ramping up pressure on the country's already stretched healthcare system. Hundreds of hospitals in the country are nearing full capacity, with some facilities reporting they have run out of intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients, leaving health care workers, who are forced to work longer hours, exhausted.