Police officers inspect motorcycle riders at a checkpoint during a stricter lockdown as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus at the outskirts of Marikina City, Philippines on Friday, August 6, 2021. Thousands of people jammed coronavirus vaccination centers in the Philippine capital, defying social distancing restrictions, after false news spread that unvaccinated residents would be deprived of cash aid or barred from leaving home during a two-week lockdown that started Friday. (Photo by Basilio Sepe/AP Photo)





An aerial view shows minimal traffic in a roundabout in Quezon City, during a two-week lockdown following a surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Metro Manila, Philippines on August 9, 2021. (Photo by Adrian Portugal/Reuters)





A Filipino villager boy throws a line next to the rumbling Taal Volcano as it emits smoke at a fishing village in the town of Laurel, Batangas province, Philippines, 05 July 2021. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) latest bulletin on July 04 the highest level of volcanic sulfur dioxide gas emission was recorded at the Taal volcano and eruption may occur anytime soon. More than 3,000 residents from high-risk villages were evacuated after the volcano started spewing steam, filling the air with toxic gas and prompting health warnings. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE)





A woman receives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination site during a stricter lockdown in Manila, Philippines on Friday. August 6, 2021. (Photo by Basilio Sepe/AP Photo)





A man feeds fish beside Taal Volcano in Agoncillo town, Batangas province, Philippines on Friday July 2, 2021. Thousands of people were being evacuated from villages around a rumbling Taal volcano near the Philippine capital Friday, but officials said they faced another dilemma of ensuring emergency shelters will not turn into epicenters of COVID-19 infections. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A woman receives cash assistance from the government following the imposition of two-week lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant, at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines, August 11, 2021. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)





Healthcare workers ride on a makeshift raft during the house to house vaccination of bedridden citizens for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Valenzuela City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 6, 2021. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)





Protesters wear masks as they hold a slogan that says “End Now!” before marching towards the House of Representatives where Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to deliver his final State of the Nation Address in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, July 26, 2021. Duterte is winding down his six-year term amid a raging pandemic and a battered economy. (Photo by Gerard Carreon/AP Photo)





Traffic builds up near a checkpoint during a stricter lockdown as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus disease at the outskirts of Marikina City, Philippines on Friday, August 6, 2021. (Photo by Basilio Sepe/AP Photo)





A fisherman throws his net beside a half-submerged M/V Palawan Pearl after it collided with a Cyprus-flagged BKM 104 dredger in Manila bay, Philippines on Thursday, July 8, 2021. A Philippine cargo vessel and a Cyprus-flagged dredger collided in a Manila Bay anchorage area early Thursday, resulting in no injuries but causing the cargo vessel to list and lie half-submerged in the busy waters. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





People hoping to get vaccinated against COVID-19 queue outside a vaccination site on August 08, 2021 in Las Pinas, Metro Manila, Philippines. As a strict lockdown is reimposed in parts of the Philippines to curb the spread of the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, Filipinos are defying curfew measures and flocking by the thousands to vaccination sites as early as midnight in hopes of getting vaccinated against COVID-19. The desperation comes after recent reports circulated that the government will not extend financial aid to unvaccinated individuals. While the presidential spokesperson denied this, President Rodrigo Duterte himself during one of his televised speeches that he will order police to jail unvaccinated individuals. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





A police officer reminds people queuing for a COVID-19 vaccine to observe social distancing, outside a vaccination site on August 08, 2021 in Las Pinas, Metro Manila, Philippines. As a strict lockdown is reimposed in parts of the Philippines to curb the spread of the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, Filipinos are defying curfew measures and flocking by the thousands to vaccination sites as early as midnight in hopes of getting vaccinated against COVID-19. The desperation comes after recent reports circulated that the government will not extend financial aid to unvaccinated individuals. While the presidential spokesperson denied this, President Rodrigo Duterte himself during one of his televised speeches that he will order police to jail unvaccinated individuals. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





Filipino supporters watch a broadcast of the WBA World Welterweight Championship boxing match between Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines and Yordenis Ugas of Cuba held in the USA, inside a household in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 22 August 2021. Filipino fans in the Philippine capital of Metro Manila, who have been known to flock to large public viewing sites to watch Pacquiao’s past international boxing matches, had to settle for watching the latest fight in small groups indoors due to COVID-19 quarantine protocols prohibiting mass public gatherings. (Photo by Rolex Dela Pena/EPA/EFE)





A healthcare worker moves an oxygen tank as patients infected with Covid-19 are treated at a chapel converted into a Covid-19 intensive care unit on August 25, 2021 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. Hospitals in the Philippines are running out of beds for Covid-19 patients as the country struggles to cope with a huge wave of cases fueled by the more infectious Delta variant. Recording more than 1.8 million cases and more than 32,000 deaths, the Philippines continues to suffer the second-worst outbreak of the pandemic in Southeast Asia, with every one out of four people tested turning out positive for the coronavirus. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





Boys wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus ride their bikes outside Manila's COVID-19 Field Hospital, Philippines on Thursday, September 2, 2021. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A health worker waves at a man outside Manila's COVID-19 Field Hospital, Philippines on Thursday, September 2, 2021. The Philippines has recorded over two million COVID-19 cases as infections continue to rise in the country. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Red Cross, volunteers and residents cross a flooded road due to typhoon Conson at Usab village, Masbate province, central Philippines on Tuesday September 7, 2021. Typhoon Conson slammed into the eastern Philippines, causing power outages, suspension of work in government offices, and flooding in some areas on Tuesday. Weather bureau later said Conson weakened into a severe tropical storm. (Photo by Philippine Red Cross via AP Photo)





Health workers in protective suits receive food deliveries for patients at Manila's COVID-19 Field Hospital, Philippines on Thursday, September 2, 2021. The Philippines has recorded over two million COVID-19 cases as infections continue to rise in the country. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Healthcare workers wearing hazmat suits visit houses to conduct swab tests on residents exposed to COVID-19 patients on September 6, 2021 in the mountainous village of Basca in Aringay town, La Union province, Philippines. Healthcare workers from the Aringay COVID-19 Diagnostic Team often have to go on long walks to reach remote villages in their town to conduct contact tracing on suspected COVID-19 patients. Due to a lack of supply of protective equipment from the country's health department, they are forced to wear their hazmat suits as they cross rivers and mountains under the scorching sun or intense rain to avoid wastage. 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 34,000 deaths with every one in four people tested turning out positive for the coronavirus. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)