JUST IN | The Philippines posts its second-highest daily rise in COVID-19 infections at 16,694. The Dept. of Health also reports its second highest increase of fatalities at 398, following the all-time high of 401 on April 9.
"Bayaran mo, use whatever money there is," President Rodrigo Duterte tells Health Sec. Francisco Duque III, after healthcare workers complained they have yet to receive their special risk allowances and other benefits.