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Moderna reports ‘robust’ Covid vaccine response in children aged 6-11

October 25, 2021
PHL COVID-19 tally rises to 2,761,307

October 25, 2021
PHL logs 380 more Delta variant cases, first B.1.1.318 variant case

October 25, 2021
PHL receives its 100th vaccine shipment, 3 million Sinovac doses

October 25, 2021
PHL COVID-19 tally rises to 2,756,923

October 25, 2021

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PHL COVID-19 tally rises to 2,761,307

October 25, 2021

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,761,307 with the addition of 4,405 additional cases. According to the Department of Health, of the total cases, 57,763 were active. Of these, 76.2 percent were mild, 6.5 percent asymptomatic, 2.3 percent were critical, 5.3 percent were severe, and 9.72 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2,661,602 with the addition of 7,561 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 41,942 with the addition of […]

PHL logs 380 more Delta variant cases, first B.1.1.318 variant case

October 25, 2021

(Eagle News) — Over 300 more Delta variant cases have been reported in the Philippines. According to Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, apart from the 380 additional Delta variant cases, the Philippines also logged its first case of the B.1.1.318 variant in the latest genome sequencing run of 746 samples collected in March, April, September, and October. Over 100, or 166, Beta variant cases were also reported, while 104 Alpha variant cases were found from […]

PHL receives its 100th vaccine shipment, 3 million Sinovac doses

October 25, 2021

More than 96.7 million vaccine doses already delivered to PHL (Eagle News) The Philippines received another 3 million doses of Sinovac vaccines on Sunday, October 24, considered the country’s 100th shipment of COVID-19 vaccines since the first delivery this February 28. This was according to the National Task Force against COVID-19. This latest shipment brings the total vaccine doses to of 97,678,340 as of Oct. 24. “Of this latest shipment, 1 million doses were […]

PHL COVID-19 tally rises to 2,756,923

October 25, 2021

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,756,923 after the Department of Health reported 5,279 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 60,957 were active. Of these, 77.5 percent were mild, 6.1 percent were asymptomatic, 2.1 percent were critical, 5.1 percent were severe, and 9.2 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2,654,173 with the additional 7,312 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 41793 with the additional 208 deaths. […]

International

Myanmar threatens to skip ASEAN summit over junta chief’s exclusion

October 25, 2021

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s junta threatened on Monday to skip an ASEAN summit after the bloc said the country’s military chief could not attend over doubts about the government’s commitment to defusing a bloody crisis. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the generals ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a February coup, triggering nationwide protests and a violent crackdown on dissent. Earlier this month the Association of Southeast Asian Nations — under […]

EU medicines agency starts review of Merck oral Covid drug

October 25, 2021

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The EU’s medicines watchdog said on Monday it had started reviewing an oral Covid medication from the US pharmaceutical firm Merck, raising hopes for an easy-to-administer treatment to reduce serious or deadly cases. The move, which could eventually lead to authorization on the European market, comes two weeks after Merck applied for emergency use in the US of the anti-coronavirus drug. “EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has started a rolling […]

Armed forces detain PM and other leaders in Sudan ‘coup

October 25, 2021

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) — Armed forces detained Sudan’s prime minister over his refusal to support their “coup” on Monday, the information ministry said, after weeks of tensions between the military and civilian figures sharing power since the ouster of autocrat Omar al-Bashir. Civilian members of Sudan’s ruling council and ministers in Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s transitional government had also been detained, the ministry said in a statement on Facebook. Internet services were cut across the […]

Covid isolation hurting Hong Kong’s reputation: industry group

October 25, 2021

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s decision to pursue a zero-Covid strategy and maintain some of the world’s strictest quarantine measures is hammering the city’s business reputation, the top lobby group for financial firms in the city said Monday. The warning came as a survey showed almost half of major international banks and asset managers are considering moving staff out of the city as they struggle to retain employees or attract fresh talent. Hong […]

Headlines

Myanmar threatens to skip ASEAN summit over junta chief’s exclusion

EU medicines agency starts review of Merck oral Covid drug

Into the ‘plastisphere’: Scientists comb Japan waters to study new eco threat

Bahrain aims for carbon neutrality by 2060

Parish church in New Jersey receives food donations from Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC)

WATCH: Stories of how the INC’s Aid to Humanity helped communities in the Americas amid the pandemic

Iglesia Ni Cristo extends assistance to media frontliners affected by the pandemic

PM Trudeau thanks Iglesia Ni Cristo’s FYM Foundation for humanitarian efforts in Canada

PHL receives its 100th vaccine shipment, 3 million Sinovac doses

Mayor Sara confirms meeting with Bongbong Marcos in Cebu, posts photos of talks

Mayor Sara flies to Cebu on same day that Bongbong Marcos is also in the province

Japan’s Mount Aso volcano erupts