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MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine government extended the lockdown for another week on Monday after an alarming surge in coronavirus infections continued to rise and began to overwhelm many hospitals in the capital and surrounding areas. , a region of more than 25 million people that was closed last week due to daily infections exceeding 10,000. Roman Catholic leaders put Easter and Easter events online after all public gatherings, including those at places of worship, were temporarily banned. The Philippines Center was the youngest hospital in the capital region to announce over the weekend that it could no longer accept walk-ins after the COVID-19 ward reached full capacity and the emergency room handled double capacity. We are very full. In fact, the hospital has been full for the past two weeks, "said Dr. Norberto Francisco, spokesman for the lung center. Other hospitals said they could expand the bed capacity, but in some cases they lacked medical staff because many were infected. The Duterte- Government has been increasingly criticized for mistreatment of the pandemic, but President spokesman Harry Roque said the spread of more contagious variants of the coronavirus was surprising."Probably no one could have predicted how contagious these new varieties would be, causing these numbers to skyrocket," Roque told ABS CBN News, adding that officials would open a 110-bed intensive care unit in a hospital in the capital. .. Region on Monday and planned the introduction of COVID-19 mobile intensive care units. The Philippines has reported more than 795,000 COVID-19 cases with 13,425 deaths, the highest total in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. Tests in a Chinese border town near Myanmar have uncovered 20 more cases of coronavirus infection, the National Health Commission reported on Monday. With that, the outbreak has more than 100 cases in total. Ruili is working to vaccinate all 300,000 residents to try to control an outbreak. This is something of an anomaly in a country that has practically eliminated local broadcasting. Five of the recently reported cases were people who showed no symptoms, bringing the city's total to 51 AC COVID-19 and 56 cases of infection with no symptoms. These categories are counted separately in China, where COVID-19 patients are treated in hospitals and infected people are isolated with no symptoms. Some of the infected are citizens of Myanmar and the authorities have offered free services. Vaccinations for foreigners living and working in the city while strengthening border security. China got off to a sluggish start vaccinating its 1.4 billion residents despite four approved vaccines, but has now launched a nationwide vaccination campaign to bolster herd immunity.India recorded more than 100,000 new coronavirus cases on Monday for the first time since the pandemic began. The Ministry of Health said 103,558 infections were reported in the past 24 hours, beating the previous high of 97,894 at the end of September, bringing the total from India to 12.5 million. The death toll rose 478 and the death toll rose to 165,101 in the past 24 hours. New infections are currently being reported faster in India than anywhere else in the world. The largest contributor to the new surge was the western state of Maharashtra. The state has announced strict COVID-19 restrictions, including night curfews and weekend closings. The government has stepped up its vaccination campaign in recent weeks and is now giving more than 3 million injections a day. which reach nearly 1.4 billion people in India.Bangladesh began enforcing a week-long nationwide lockdown and shutting down shopping malls and transportation on Monday as authorities try to contain a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths. Health officials said they had been under overwhelming pressure in intensive care units for the past few weeks due to serious infections. The country's second closure after the first one last March. On Monday, the authorities suspended all domestic flights, river transport and trains. Only the emergency services remain operational. Banks must limit their working hours and factories must make it easier for their workers to move around. Bangladesh has reported 637,364 virus cases with 9,266 deaths since the pandemic began. Measures against the emergency coronavirus began in Osaka and two other prefectures on Monday as Japan sought to minimize the economic impact in certain areas where infections are increasing less than four months before the Tokyo Olympics.Experts have raised concerns about Osaka's rapid rise, with many cases related to new variants. Osaka reported 593 new cases in