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"&lt;p&gt;Coronavirus infections in the Philippines surged past 100,000 on Sunday in a troubling milestone after medical groups declared that the country was waging &amp;quot;a losing battle&amp;quot; against the virus and asked the president to reimpose a lockdown in the capital.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Department of Health reported a record-high daily tally of 5032, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 103,185, including more than 2000 deaths.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Philippines has the second-most cases in Southeast Asia after Indonesia, and has had more infections than China, where the pandemic began late last year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Socially distanced shoppers in Manila in April. (Source: Getty)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;President Rodrigo Duterte eased a tough virus lockdown in the capital, Manila &amp;#x2013; a city of more than 12 million people &amp;#x2013; on June 1 after the economy shrank slightly in the first quarter, its first contraction in more than two decades.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Overwhelmed healthcare workers pleaded for the president to reimpose a lockdown in Manila from August 1 to 15 to give health workers &amp;quot;a time out&amp;quot; and allow the government to recalibrate its response to the months long pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;We are waging a losing battle against COVID-19 and we need to draw up a consolidated, definitive plan of action,&amp;quot; a group of healthcare workers representing more than a million nurses, doctors and other medical personnel said at a news conference on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The group said the gradual easing of coronavirus restrictions &amp;quot;has inadvertently fuelled public misperception that the pandemic is getting better. It is not.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#x2013; Reported with Associated Press&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"
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