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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the United States is buying 10 million courses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 treatment pill, in a $5.3 billion deal he touted as “critical” to fighting the pandemic. Pfizer applied this week for US emergency use authorization for its Paxlovid antiviral pill, shown to be highly effective in preventing hospitalization and death among high-risk patients. While the deal hinges on the treatment’s approval by the Food […]
by with Michel COMTE in Ottawa / Philip MCLACHLAN ABBOTSFORD, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s military on Thursday joined rescue efforts for flood devastated communities in westernmost British Columbia province, with thousands evacuated from their homes and a number of motorists missing after powerful mudslides. The Canadian Armed Forces deployed a Hercules transport aircraft, several search helicopters and hundreds of troops to the region, while putting thousands more on standby. Their activities “will include providing assistance […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Thursday announced that clinical trials of an antibody-based Covid-19 drug had shown robust efficacy and long-term prevention. The Anglo-Swedish laboratory follows in the footsteps of US firms Merck and Pfizer, which announced in October and early November respectively that they had developed drugs that could prevent severe forms of the disease, and that could be taken at the first sign of symptoms. The AstraZeneca drug AZD7442, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years, which will bathe the Moon in red, will be visible Thursday and Friday for a big slice of humanity. The celestial show will see the Moon almost completely cast in shadow as it moves behind the Earth, reddening 99 percent of its face. The spectacle will be visible for all of North America, as well as parts of South America, […]
by Ania TSOUKANOVA Agence France Presse KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Three-month-old Misha has spent 10 days in a Kiev paediatric hospital — including three in intensive care — due to pneumonia triggered by Covid-19. He is one of an influx of young patients to the infectious diseases hospital in Ukraine’s capital, which has seen the coronavirus pandemic hit children much harder in recent months. “It’s difficult when your baby suffocates, it’s very scary,” says […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — The boss of Asia-focused lending giant HSBC backed Hong Kong’s decision to mirror China’s zero-Covid strategy on Thursday despite rising concern within the finance industry over the business hub’s international isolation. Hong Kong has maintained some of the world’s harshest quarantine measures and travel restrictions during the pandemic. The strategy has kept infections low but ensured a business hub that dubs itself “Asia’s World City” has been cut off internationally for the […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential daughter Davao City mayor Sara Duterte Carpio officially assumed the chairmanship of Lakas-CMD party on Thursday, Nov. 18, after an online meeting of the party. Carpio’s election as Lakas-CMD chair came about after Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., who chairs the party offered his seat to Mayor Sara who is the party’s vice-presidential candidate. Revilla, however, remains as party co-chair as adopted by the party in the same meeting. “I […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Three athletes attending training events for the Beijing Winter Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19, Chinese officials said Thursday, with the country on high alert against the coronavirus ahead of the Games. Beijing 2022 organisers have left nothing to chance with the games set to start in February, restricting entry to the capital and insisting on daily virus tests for thousands of athletes who will be kept within a “closed-loop” […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Masbate on Thursday, Nov. 18. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 8:52 a.m. It had its epicenter nine kilometers northwest of Cataingan. The depth of focus was four kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensities Intensity IV – Cataingan and Pio V. Corpuz, Masbate Intensity III – Palanas and Placer, Masbate; Tagapul-an, Samar Intensity II – Almagro, Samar […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Thursday, Nov. 18, announced it would impose stricter health protocols for resource persons and guests. This was after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who attended a hearing on the 2022 budget deliberations, tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the abrupt suspension of the sessions. According to a Senate advisory, a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR result valid for 24 hours is now required. The Senate will also still require a medical certificate valid […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,821,753 on Thursday, Nov. 18, after the Department of Health reported 1297 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 23158 were active. Of these, 58.5 percent were mild, 4.1 percent were asymptomatic, 5.2 percent were critical, 12.2 percent were severe, and 19.96 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2752173 with the additional 1956 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 46422 […]
DFA chief: “China has no law enforcement rights” in the area; says China’s Coast Guard should “back off” (Eagle News) – Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.,said he had already “conveyed in the strongest terms” to the Chinese embassy the country’s condemnation of China’s latest action in the Ayungin Shoal. Locsin issued the statement on Thursday, Nov. 18, after the Western Command in Palawan reported that on Nov. 16, “three Chinese Coast Guard vessels blocked […]
