The Philippines has six doctors for every 10,000 people, one of the lowest ratios in Southeast Asia. Photo: AP
The Philippines has six doctors for every 10,000 people, one of the lowest ratios in Southeast Asia. Photo: AP

Philippines sends nurses around the world but now its health care system is overwhelmed by coronavirus

  • The country’s death toll from Covid-19 has surged nearly fivefold since April 1 to 462, and the confirmed cases have tripled to 6,981
  • There is an estimated shortage of 23,000 nurses nationwide, according to the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines

The Philippines has six doctors for every 10,000 people, one of the lowest ratios in Southeast Asia. Photo: AP
The Philippines has six doctors for every 10,000 people, one of the lowest ratios in Southeast Asia. Photo: AP
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