The View From Asia

Living with a ticking Covid-19 time bomb

Asia News Network writers discuss the latest Covid-19 developments in Asia. Here are excerpts.

A health worker tends to a coronavirus disease patient supported by a mechanical ventilator and undergoing dialysis at the Covid-19 emergency room of the government hospital National Kidney and Transplant Institute in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on April 26, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippines

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