Ronnel Manjares, left, looks at a picture of his son Kobe saved in his smartphone outside their house of their relative in Tanauan, Batangas province, Philippines, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. His 16-day-old son Kobe was heralded as the country's youngest COVID-19 survivor. But the relief and joy didn't last. Kobe died on June 4 from complications of Hirschsprung disease, a rare birth defect. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A woman wears a mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus walks past wooden beds for sale at a roadside stall on the outskirts of Manila, Philippines on Friday, September. 25, 2020. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A protester holds a slogan with a photo of the killed transgender Filipino woman Jennifer Laude during a rally in Quezon city, Philippines, Friday, September 11, 2020. The Philippine president recently pardoned Pemberton in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of Laude that sparked anger in the former American colony. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A man wears a mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus as he peddles vegetables at the outskirts of Manila, Philippines on Friday, September 25, 2020. The brooms are sold from P30-P200 (about US 50 cents to US$4) each. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A worker wears an improvised mask to curb the spread of COVID19 and plastic sheet to protect him from rain at the border of the Bulacan province and Caloocan city, Philippines, as they undergo stricter quarantine measures on Monday August 10, 2020. The capital and outlying provinces recently returned to another lockdown after medical groups warned that the country was waging a losing battle against the coronavirus amid an alarming surge in infections. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A worker arranges chairs as they temporarily convert a public school to a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Quezon city, Philippines on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, as the government further eased lockdown restrictions despite the country having the most coronavirus infections in Southeast Asia. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Filipinos wait in line to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a government facility in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 18, 2020. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Police attend to their injured at a site of an explosion in the town of Jolo, Sulu province southern Philippines on Monday August 24, 2020. Bombs exploded in a southern Philippine town Monday, killing several soldiers and wounding other military personnel and civilians despite extra tight security due to threats from Abu Sayyaf militants. (Photo by Nickee Butlangan/AP Photo)





A man wearing a face mask and shield for coronavirus protection queues to ride a bus going to nearby provinces, a day before the Philippine capital goes back to a stricter lockdown as COVID-19 infections spike, at a public transport terminal in Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 3, 2020. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





A child wearing a protective mask looks out from his home amid the reimposed lockdown to curb the coronavirus in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 6, 2020. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





A meat vendor rests on a meat stand at a public market where wearing face masks and face shields is mandatory, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Taytay, Rizal province, Philippines, August 11, 2020. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Jeepney passengers are seated in between plastic barriers, wearing face masks and face shields mandatory in public transportation, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 19, 2020. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Mothers wearing masks rest with their newborn babies on shared beds inside the maternity ward of the government-run Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila, Philippines, September 18, 2020. The Philippines has recorded 279,526 coronavirus infections, the highest number in Southeast Asia with most cases being recorded in Manila, while 4,830 people have died. Despite the pressures, Cajipe said health workers in the hospital were coping. “I'm just glad I'm working with people in this institution who are resilient enough to stay by me during this pandemic”, she said. “Exhaustion and fear have to be put aside, because our patients need us”. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Locals take pictures from a footbridge overlooking the construction of the Manila Bay beach, where artificial sand or crushed dolomite were dumped as part of the government's efforts to rehabilitate and beautify the polluted coastline, in Manila, Philippines, September 10, 2020. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





A long line of motorcycle riders form at a quarantine checkpoint on the first day of a reimposed lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, on August 4, 2020 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte has reimposed a strict lockdown in capital Manila and surrounding provinces as the country continues to struggle with rising coronavirus infections which has breached 100,000 cases. Duterte's move came after nearly 100 medical organizations representing 80,000 doctors and a million nurses called for tighter controls and warned that the country's health systems has been overwhelmed by the surge of cases and are close to collapsing as health workers fall ill or resign out of fear and exhaustion. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





Jeepney drivers wearing face masks and placards reading “sir/mam, asking for help, we are jeepney drivers” ask for alms on a road a in Manila on August 6, 2020. The Philippines plunged into recession after its biggest quarterly contraction on record, data showed on August 6, as the economy reels from coronavirus lockdowns that have wrecked businesses and thrown millions out of work. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/AFP Photo)





People wearing face shields and face masks queue during the distribution of government cash aid in Quezon City, Philippines on September 10, 2020.(Photo by Lisa Marie David/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





In this photo provided by the Lantawan Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, the remains of a Philippine air force S-76A Sikorsky helicopter after it crashed in Basilan island, southern Philippines on Wednesday September 16, 2020. The helicopter was en route to airlift troops wounded from a recent suicide bombing crashed on a southern island Wednesday, killing all four crew members on board, officials said. (Photo by Lantawan Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office via AP Photo)





People wearing face mask and face shields to help curb the spread of COVID-19 ride a bus in Quezon city, Philippines on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to ease a mild coronavirus lockdown in the capital and four outlying provinces to further reopen the country's battered economy despite having the most reported infections in Southeast Asia. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment interviews a child queueing for free COVID-19 swab testing at a basketball court on August 6, 2020 in Navotas city, Metro Manila, Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte has reimposed a strict lockdown in capital Manila and surrounding provinces as the country continues to struggle with rising coronavirus infections which has breached 100,000 cases. Duterte's move came after nearly 100 medical organizations representing 80,000 doctors and a million nurses called for tighter controls and warned that the country's health systems has been overwhelmed by the surge of cases and are close to collapsing as health workers fall ill or resign out of fear and exhaustion. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





A homeless teenage couple carry their months-old infant as they queue to receive free meals from volunteers on August 7, 2020 in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Philippine economy suffered its worst slump on record in the second quarter, falling into recession for the first time in 29 years as economic activity reels from months of strict coronavirus restrictions which has left millions of Filipinos jobless and hungry. Analysts expect the economic hit to worsen with President Rodrigo Duterte reimposing a strict lockdown in capital Manila and surrounding provinces amid resurging coronavirus infections which has breached 100,000 cases. Duterte's move came after nearly 100 medical organizations representing 80,000 doctors and a million nurses called for tighter controls and warned that the country's health systems are being overwhelmed by the surge of cases and are close to collapsing as health workers fall ill or resign out of fear and exhaustion. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)