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(Eagle News) — The total number of COVID-19 deaths worldwide surpassed two million as global confirmed cases reached 93.5 million, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University. As of 3 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, Philippine Standard Time, the total confirmed coronavirus deaths around the world have reached 2,003,625 while COVID-19 cases reached 93,580,828. This comes amid rising number of COVID-19 virus mutations that are more infectious than previous strains, prompting the World Health […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said that all arrivals to the UK will have to quarantine and show negative virus tests from next week as hospitalisations and deaths continued to soar but new cases fell. The measures which enter into force early on Monday come after Britain banned all arrivals from South America and Portugal on Friday over fears of importing a new coronavirus variant from Brazil. […]
by Agence France Presse bureaus FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany on Friday passed two million coronavirus cases as a World Health Organization emergency committee readied to issue advice on stemming the spread of new, more contagious strains of the disease. The surge in Europe’s biggest economy comes as the global death toll from the pandemic approaches two million and many countries double down on virus restrictions, with vaccination drives still in their […]
by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France Presse BHOPAL, India (AFP) — A homegrown coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out in India from Saturday even though clinical trials haven’t been completed. But the government insists it will be safe and effective. The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN), an independent watchdog, led a chorus of concern from experts saying it was “shocked” and “baffled” by the emergency approval of Covaxin. India has been hit hard by the […]
by Haeril HALIM / Agnes ANYA Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island early Friday, killing at least 34 people, levelling a hospital and severely damaging other buildings, authorities said. Hundreds more were injured when the 6.2-magnitude quake struck in the early hours, triggering panic among the terrified residents of the island, which was hit by a huge quake and tsunami two and a half years ago […]
by Sebastien BERGER SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Nuclear-armed North Korea unveiled a new submarine-launched ballistic missile at a military parade in Pyongyang, state media reported Friday, in a show of strength days before Joe Biden’s inauguration as US president. The display came after the five-yearly congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, where leader Kim Jong Un decried the US as his country’s “foremost principal enemy”. A grinning Kim oversaw the parade on Thursday evening, […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least 26 people have been killed in an earthquake that rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island early Friday, levelling a hospital and severely damaging other buildings, authorities said. “The latest information we have is that 26 people are dead, all in Mamuju city,” said Ali Rahman, head of the local disaster mitigation agency. “That number could grow but we hope it won’t… Many of the dead are buried under rubble.” © Agence […]
More than a dozen patients and staff are trapped beneath the rubble of a hospital that was flattened when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least three people, authorities said. “The hospital is flattened — it collapsed,” said Arianto from the rescue agency in Mamuju city, who goes by one name. “There are patients and hospital employees trapped under the rubble and we’re now trying to reach them,” he added, without […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least three people were killed and dozens injured when a powerful quake rippled through the Indonesian island of Sulawesi early Friday, toppling several buildings, including a hotel. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the early hours, triggering panic among the terrified residents of the island, which was hit by a huge quake two and a half years ago in which thousands were killed. A resident of Mamuju, the capital of […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — Jordan’s King Abdullah II received a Covid-19 vaccine jab on Thursday, a day after the country launched its inoculation campaign. Abdullah was vaccinated alongside his son and Crown Prince Hussein and his uncle Prince Hassan, the royal palace said in Twitter posts accompanied by pictures of them getting a shot in the arm. Jordan kicked off its Covid-19 vaccinations on Wednesday with injections for healthcare workers, people with chronic illnesses and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Joe Biden will on Thursday present a $1.9 trillion package to revitalize the US economy as it faces an onslaught of coronavirus cases, senior officials in his transition team said. The massive spending plan will raise stimulus checks provided under an earlier measure passed last month to $2,000, and also call for increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. The incoming president also plans to present a […]
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) — A huge fire tore through a Rohingya refugee camp on Thursday destroying more than 550 shanty homes, but while 3,500 people were left homeless no serious casualties were reported, aid agencies said. The blaze started when most people in the sprawling Nayapara camp were asleep. Tens of thousands of members of the Muslim minority who fled a military crackdown in neighboring Myanmar in 2017 live in the overcrowded camp. International […]
