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BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany on Saturday confirmed its first two cases of the new Omicron strain of Covid-19, in travellers who arrived at Munich airport from South Africa, regional officials said. “Two suspected cases of the new virus variant Omicron classified by the World Health Organization as a variant of concern have been confirmed in Bavaria,” the health ministry of the southern state said in a statement. The people, who arrived back in Germany […]
by Joris FIORITI with Jan HENNOP in The Hague SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch health authorities said Saturday the new Omicron strain of Covid-19 was “probably” among some of the 61 passengers who tested positive after arriving on two flights from South Africa. The cases — more than one tenth of the 600 people on the two planes — were quarantined in a hotel near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s biggest international air travel […]
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — The regional hospital in the northern Czech city of Liberec confirmed the new Omicron strain of Covid-19 in a female patient, its spokesman Vaclav Ricar told Czech Television Saturday. “My colleagues from the department of genetics and molecular diagnostics confirmed the strain with 90-percent probability after a sequence analysis,” said Ricar. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said earlier Saturday that the woman had been in Namibia and flew back to […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government is targeting only nine million vaccine doses to be administered in the three-day National Covid-19 vaccination drive set from November 29 to December 1, the National Task Force Against Covid-19 said on Saturday. This was a revision of the original plan of administering 15 million Covid-19 vaccine doses. As this came about, the NTF also announced the holding of another three-day vaccination campaign from December 15 to 17. […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases rose to 2,831,177 after the Department of Health reported 899 additional COVID-19 cases on Saturday, Nov. 27. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 17,052 were active. Of these, 49 percent were mild, 6.9 percent asymptomatic, 6.3 percent critical, 15 percent were severe, and 22.77 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2765920 with the addition of 1667 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 48205 with the addition […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was slapped with a $15,000 fine for an “obscene gesture” and warned for swearing during a news conference by the NBA’s disciplinary officials on Friday. “LeBron James has been fined $15,000 for making an obscene gesture on the playing court and warned for using profane language during media availability,” said league spokesman Byron Spruell in a news release. This is the second time […]
The world’s largest vaccine maker Serum Institute of India on Friday resumed exports of Covid-19 shots, it said, in a boost for poorer countries that have struggled to secure supplies. The shipment to Tajikistan under the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative agreement was the company’s first in seven months. “This will go a long way in restoring vaccine supply equality in the world,” tweeted billionaire chief executive Adar Poonawalla. “It’s a huge moment to begin exports again, […]
Australia banned flights from nine southern African countries on Saturday, tightening its borders to prevent the entry of the new Covid-19 Omicron variant. Non-Australians who visited South Africa, Zimbabwe and several other nations in the past fortnight will also be barred from Australia, Heath Minister Greg Hunt said. Citizens and residents travelling from the listed countries will have to quarantine for 14 days. “These are strong, swift, decisive and immediate actions,” Hunt told media in […]
(Eagle News)–Four Philippine Coast Guard officials took their oath on Saturday, Nov. 27, following their promotion as commodores. Transportation Secretary Art Tugade led the oath-taking of the following in the PCG headquarters in Manila. – CG Captain Ramon S. Lopez, now the deputy commander of the Coast Guard Human Resource Management Command -CG Captain Joeven L. Fabul, commander of the Coast Guard Finance Service -CG Captain Edgar Ybañez, district commander of the PCG-Western Visayas – […]
An anti-Covid pill developed by Merck has proved effective in treating the disease, the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday in a much-awaited preliminary report. But the report, from an FDA advisory panel, cautioned that pregnant women should not use the drug, known as molnupiravir, saying the potential benefits do not outweigh the risks for those patients. The report is meant to provide guidance to an FDA experts panel convening Tuesday to consider whether […]
Novak Djokovic sped past Austria’s Dennis Novak as Serbia thumped Austria 3-0 in their Davis Cup opening match at Innsbruck on Friday. Djokovic took an hour to beat Novak 6-3, 6-2 after Dusan Lajovic saw off Gerald Melzer 7-6, 3-6, 7-5 behind closed doors due to a resurgence of the coronavirus in Austria. Nikola Cacic and Filip Krajinovic then beat Oliver Marach and Philipp Oswald 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Djokovic is attempting to end an already […]
by Daniel Woolls with AFP bureaus The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries Friday to restrict travel from southern Africa, where a new Covid strain labelled a “variant of concern” has been discovered in a potentially heavy blow to the world’s efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic. The World Health Organization said the new variant is more infectious than the dominant, highly transmissible Delta strain, and renamed this B.1.1.529 strain […]
