Biden aide tests positive for coronavirus: transition team
WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President-elect Joe Biden's incoming White House senior advisor, congressman Cedric Richmond, has tested positive…
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US hospital converts nearby parking lot into Covid care facility
RENO, United States (AFP) -- To cope with an influx of coronavirus patients, a hospital in Reno in the western…
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‘Villages destroyed’ as super cyclone hits Fiji
SUVA, Fiji (AFP) -- Super cyclone Yasa flattened entire villages as it tore through Fiji, but there were no initial…
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P4.506-trillion nat’l budget for 2021 now ready for Duterte’s signature
Sotto, Velasco sign bill that includes funds for gov't COVID response for next year (Eagle News) -- Both the…
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Saudi Arabia kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaign
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia kicked off a three-phase Covid-19 vaccination programme Thursday, with the health minister…
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Vietnam’s pharmaceutical firm starts human trial of coronavirus vaccine
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- A Vietnamese pharmaceutical company began testing a coronavirus vaccine on volunteers in Hanoi on Thursday,…
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French president Macron tests positive for Covid-19
PARIS, France (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, the presidency said, adding…
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PHL plans first vaccine roll-out by March, but bulk of over 60M doses to come in by May to July
(Eagle News) – The Philippines will get more than the 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines needed for the…
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PHL COVID-19 cases reach 454,447; 633 more recover
(Eagle News) -- COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 454,000 mark on Thursday, December 17, after the Department of…
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Two smuggled Indonesian orangutans fly home from Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Eating fruit and drinking from plastic bottles, two Sumatran orangutans stared from their cages at Bangkok…
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