Heavy line of customers outside the grocery store in Antipolo City are seen today, March 28, 2021. Hours before the reimposition of Enhanced Community Quarantine in NCR Bubble including Rizal, Cavite, Laguna and Bulacan from March 29 to April 4, 2021 due to massive daily counts of COVID-19 cases in Philippines. The Philippines reported 9,595 new COVID-19 cases with total of 712,442 cases and 13,159 deaths as of March 27, 2021 (Photo by Ryan Eduard Benaid/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Pilipinas, umakyat sa 33rd spot sa latest Nikkei COVID-19 recovery rankings

Gumanda ang ranking ng Pilipinas sa Tokyo-based news magazine Nikkei Asia para sa COVID-19 recovery rankings, sa 33rd place mula sa 57th place noong December 2021.

Batay sa kanilang May 31 report na inilabas lang noong Biyernes, ang Pilipinas kasama ang Vietnam ay nagtala ng kanilang “best performances” noong nakaraang buwan, matapos mapanatiling mababa ang kaso ng COVID-19, habang minamanage ang pagluluwag ng restrictions.

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Matatandaan na noong 2021, malaki rin ang itinaas ng bansa mula sa 103rd place noong Oktubre sa 57th noong Disyembre, kasabay ng ng Tajikistan, Norway, at Malaysia.

Dahil sa pagiging 33rd spot noong Mayo, lamang na ang Pilipinas mula sa mahigit 80 ibang mga bansa, kabilang na ang Switzerland (38), Israel (44), Japan (53), United Kingdom (58), Canada (60), Australia at Hong Kong (71), New Zealand (75), Singapore (79), United States (89), at China (93).

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