Cindy Mae Aquino, an emergency medical responder for the Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, reassures a COVID-19 patient while transporting her aboard an ambulance on September 13, 2021 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. The country is struggling to cope with a huge wave of cases fueled by the more infectious Delta variant, recording more than 2 million cases and more than 35,000 deaths with every one in four people tested turning out positive for the coronavirus. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
A man shows his vaccine card to enter the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon city, Philippines as religious activities reopen with health restrictions on Thursday, September 16, 2021. The government starts the pilot run of granular or more localized lockdowns starting Thursday in the capital as they try to open up the economy while controlling the surge of COVID-19 infections. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
A worker looks for customers in his horse-driven cart at the walled-city of Intramuros in Manila, Philippines as some tourist spots reopen to the public with health restrictions on Thursday, September 16, 2021. The government starts the pilot run of granular or more localized lockdowns starting today in the capital as they try to open up the economy while controlling the surge of COVID-19 infections. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno gestures after declaring his bid to run for president in a speech at a public school in the slum area near the place where he grew up in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday September 22, 2021. The popular mayor of the Philippine capital said Wednesday he will run for president in next year’s elections, the latest aspirant in what is expected to be a crowded race to succeed the controversial Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)
In this September 16, 2021, file photo, barbers wait for customers after reopening their shop following easing of COVID restrictions in Quezon city, Philippines. The World Bank on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, cut its economic growth forecast for developing countries in East Asia due to the impact of the coronavirus’s delta variant and called on governments to help the poor and small businesses avoid long-term damage. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo/File)
Abegail Mesa, center, dances with members of the INDAK Banak Dance Company in Taytay, Rizal province, Philippines on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, as they practice their routine for an upcoming virtual dance competition next month. The group practices at open spaces wearing face masks and in small groups to adhere to health restrictions in their area. Mesa said that she had to stop dancing during the lockdown because of restrictions. She feels overwhelmed now since she can bond with friends and continue dancing. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
A boy holds his day’s catch of crabs as he walks along the breakwater in Manila, Philippines on Saturday, September 25, 2021. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
Retired Filipino boxing hero and senator Manny Pacquiao looks from his vehicle before filing his certificate of candidacy for next year’s presidential elections at the Commission on Elections on Friday, October 1, 2021 in Manila, Philippines. Friday marks the first day of a week-long period when politicians can file their certificates of candidacy for the May 9, 2022 national elections where Filipinos will get to vote for their next president, vice president, and other national and local officials. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
A 3-metre (10 ft) tall doll from Netflix series “Squid Game” is displayed outside a mall in Quezon City, Philippines, September 30, 2021. The nine-part thriller, in which cash-strapped contestants play childhood games with deadly consequences in a bid to win 45.6 billion won ($38 million), has become a worldwide sensation for Netflix since its launch less than a month ago. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)
Police are reflected on water as they secure the area where politicians will file their certificate of candidacy before the Commission on Elections on Friday, October 1, 2021 in Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
A pet owner carries her cat at a drive-through pet blessing a day before World Animal Day, at Eastwood Mall, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 3, 2021. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)
A priest sprinkles holy water as dogs look out from the car window at a drive-through pet blessing, a day before World Animal Day, at Eastwood Mall in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 3, 2021. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)
This handout photo taken on October 11, 2021 and received on October 12 from Gonzaga Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (GONZAGA-MDRRMO), shows rescuers evacuating residents from their homes near a swollen river due to heavy rains brought about by Tropical Storm Kompasu in Gonzaga town, Cagayan province, north of Manila. (Photo by Handout/Gonzaga Municupal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office/AFP Photo)
A woman rides an escalator adorned with Christmas lights at the Eastwood mall in Quezon city, Philippines as government eases restrictions after a decline in Coronavirus cases in the country on Thursday, October 14, 2021. Several businesses were allowed to reopen in the next days as the country tries to revive the economy which have suffered due to lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
Women enjoy a meal outside the Eastwood mall in Quezon city, Philippines as government eases restrictions after a decline in Coronavirus cases in the country on Thursday, October 14, 2021. Several businesses were allowed to reopen in the next days as the country tries to revive the economy which have suffered due to the lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
People cross the street at a commercial area in Quezon city, Philippines as government eases restrictions after a decline in Coronavirus cases in the country on Thursday, October 14, 2021. Several businesses were allowed to reopen in the next days as the country tries to revive the economy which have suffered due to the lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
Employees sanitize a movie theatre as they prepare to reopen at the Eastwood mall in Quezon city, Philippines as government eases restrictions after a decline in Coronavirus cases in the country on Thursday, October 14, 2021. Several businesses were allowed to reopen in the next days as the country tries to revive the economy which have suffered due to the lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
Visitors watch a diver (R) swimming along with fish as he cleans the aquarium tank inside Manila Ocean Park which resumed operations after more than a year of temporary closure due to COVID-19 pandemic, in Manila on October 21, 2021. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa/AFP Photo)
A girl jumps from a tomb, a day before the nationwide cemetery closure during All Saints’ Day amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a flooded cemetery in Masantol, Pampanga, Philippines, October 28, 2021. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)
