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TODAY'S #COVID19WRAP: NCR stays under MECQ, 18,012 new cases, situation in other countries (September 7, 2021)

• NCR will stay under the 2nd strictest lockdown level until Sept. 15 as gov't postpones region's supposed shift to looser lockdown, Malacañang says bit.ly/3BTD7Vr

• Ilocos Norte will be under 2nd-strictest lockdown level until end of September bit.ly/38NitK2

• Tallying 18,012 new COVID-19 cases, PH's total now at 2.121 million with 158,637 active cases

• PH's COVID-19 death toll hits 34,498 with 161 new fatalities

• COVID-19 patients who recovered in PH rise to 1.928 million with 18,945 new recoveries

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• Some doctors in private hospitals have called in sick as they are overworked from high number of COVID-19 patients, Philippine College of Physicians says bit.ly/2WZUqol

• Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao needs more oxygen supply as number of COVID-19 hospital admissions rises in region bit.ly/3h9iM6G

• Chilean health regulator approves COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd for use in children over 6 years of age bit.ly/2X1NmIq

• Japan's largest business lobby calls for gov't to promptly consider exempting overseas arrivals who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from quarantine while also shortening current 14-day quarantine period to 10 days bit.ly/3h9XUvO

• Japan agrees to buy 150 million doses of Novavax's coronavirus vaccine, with Japanese firm Takeda expecting to manufacture formula for distribution early next year bit.ly/3BJiLxU

• Vietnam jails man for 5 years for breaking strict COVID-19 quarantine rules and spreading virus to others, state media reports bit.ly/3jRjtTL

• Thailand confirms 13,821 new coronavirus infections and 241 additional fatalities; total cases 1.279 million with death toll at 13,189

• 18,547 newly-recorded COVID-19 infections raise Malaysia's haul to 1.880 million; death toll sits at 18,802 after 311 new fatalities

• Singapore logs 219 new COVID-19 cases with 216 community cases; total recorded infections rise to 68,210

• Indonesia logs record high 7,201 new COVID-19 cases with 683 additional deaths; total cases at 4.140 million while death toll stands at 137,156

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