The seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila dropped to 13.9% in Dec. 17 from 14.4% in Dec. 10, the OCTA Research Group reported Monday, Dec. 19.
BEIJING — Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests.
China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.
