Number of COVID-19 cases in Philippines inches closer to 7,000

A soldier from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) wearing a face mask builds a temporary COVID-19 quarantine facility near a hospital in Manila, the Philippines on April 23, 2020. The Philippines reported 271 new infections on Thursday, raising the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 6,981 since the outbreak. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)