A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), collects a swab sample from a woman to test her for COVID-19, during the the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Pitha village in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 22, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File photo MANILA   – The coronavirus pandemic and rise in cost of living have pushed close to 70 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year, the Asian Development Bank said, eroding efforts to combat deprivation.

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