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Katrina Pelotin, a field nurse from the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, is seen wearing protective clothing as her team conducts contact tracing efforts at a slum area on April 15, 2021 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. As the Philippines experiences its worst surge in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, many Covid-19 patients are being forced to suffer at home, missing out on vital care due to overwhelmed hospitals and raising the risk of infecting family members. The country is currently suffering the worst Covid-19 outbreak in Southeast Asia with more than 904,000 confirmed cases and with nearly one in four people being tested turning out positive. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
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