MANILA, Aug 4, 2020 (AFP) - Millions of people in the Philippines were ordered to stay home on Tuesday as global coronavirus infections kept soaring, with the World Health Organisation warning against relying on a vaccine "silver bullet" to end the pandemic.
The number of confirmed Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases in the Philippines surged to 112,593 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported a record high of 6,352 new cases on Tuesday.
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