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Philippines virus cases soar past 50,000 as lockdown eases

by Associated Press
| July 8, 2020 7:03 AM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Confirmed coronavirus infections in the Philippines soared past 50,000 on Wednesday in a troubling milestone for a country that has reopened an economy on the brink of recession while still struggling to combat the pandemic.

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