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(Eagle News) — Thirty-two more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to Philippine National Police data, the additional cases pushed the total PNP COVID-19 cases to 48567. Of these, 684 are active. Recoveries also rose to 47756 with the additional 119 recoveries. The PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 127, with no additional deaths reported. The PNP has said that as of December last year, less than 1 percent of the entire […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Sunday, Feb. 6. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 4:12 a.m. Its epicenter was 268 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 34 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Cagayan Valley, Aurora and Quezon, as a result, will have cloudy skies with light rains. Meanwhile, Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Central Luzon and CALABARZON will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated […]
Like mainland China and much of East Asia, Hong Kong has long followed a strategy of fighting the virus through contact tracing, targeted lockdowns and lengthy quarantines. And as much of the world has chosen to open up and live with Covid-19, the city has dug in its heels, with Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam insisting she was still committed to achieving “zero-Covid” even as infections mount. On Saturday the city recorded 351 confirmed cases, […]
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi returned to a junta court on Friday after skipping a previous hearing because she felt unwell, a source with knowledge of the case said. Suu Kyi has been detained since her civilian government was ousted in a coup last year that triggered mass protests and a bloody military crackdown, with more than 1,500 civilians killed, according to a local monitoring group. Cut off from the world except for […]
The US death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic surpassed 900,000 on Friday, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker. The toll had hit 800,000 dead in mid-December, just a month and a half ago. New cases linked to the Omicron variant are falling, but daily deaths are still rising, with an average of 2,400 now, according to government figures. “Hospitalizations remain high, stretching our healthcare capacity and workforce to its limits in some areas […]
by Rebecca BAILEY Hosts China claimed their first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Games on Saturday, winning the short track speed skating mixed relay on the event’s dramatic Olympic debut. On the first full day of competition, China, who were favourites going into the race, almost failed to reach the final but had a reprieve when the United States were penalised for blocking by an infield skater. Cheered on vociferously by a small but […]
Luge ace Johannes Ludwig admits gold in the men’s singles at the Beijing Olympics is still up for grabs despite the German holding a slender lead Saturday after the first two heats. Ludwig took bronze four years ago at the Pyeongchang Games and is just 0.039 seconds ahead of second-placed Austrian Wolfgang Kindl before Sunday’s crucial two final heats to decide the medals. “A new race begins again tomorrow,” said Ludwig, who rates his narrow […]
As powerful Cyclone Batsirai closed in on eastern Madagascar on Saturday people sought shelter in more secure concrete buildings while others reinforced their roofs with large sandbags. Batsirai is expected to lash the eastern parts of the cyclone-prone Indian ocean island with powerful winds and torrential rains on Saturday. The Meteo-France weather service warned of winds of up to 260 kilometres per hour (162 miles per hour) and waves as high as 15 metres (50 […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday he had tested positive for Covid-19 but was not experiencing severe symptoms. “After experiencing light symptoms, my wife and I tested positive for Covid-19. We have a mild infection thankfully, which we learned to be the Omicron variant,” the 67-year-old president said in a tweet. “We remain on duty. We will continue our work from home. We hope for your prayers,” Erdogan added. “God willing we will shake […]
Morocco held its breath as rescue workers on Saturday entered a tunnel leading to a pocket where a five-year-old boy has been trapped for days after falling into a well, AFP correspondents said. For five days the complex and risky earth-moving operation has gripped residents of the North African kingdom and beyond, also sparking sympathy in neighbouring Algeria, a regional rival. A medical team was with the rescuers, who still hope to find young Rayan […]
(Eagle News) — The COVID-19 national vaccination program for children aged 5 to 11 will kick off on Feb. 14. According to National Vaccination Operations Center co-lead Dr. Kezia Lorraine Rosario, the pilot, however, is expected on Feb. 7. Around 1,000 children are expected to be vaccinated during the pilot implementation. During the nationwide rollout, around 38 vaccination sites in the country are expected. Rosario urged parents to have their children vaccinated so they can […]
