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RIGA, Latvia (AFP) — Latvia has declared a three-month state of emergency starting from Monday following a surge in Covid-19 infections to record levels, as its vaccination rate remains one of the lowest in the EU. The number of daily infections is now well over 1,000 in the Baltic country of 1.9 million people, overtaking the peak infection rate seen during the pandemic earlier this year. Under the new rules, masks are now obligatory in […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany is experiencing a “massive” pandemic of the unvaccinated, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Wednesday, calling for tougher action to tame a resurgence in Covid cases. “We are currently experiencing mainly a pandemic of the unvaccinated and it is massive,” Spahn told reporters. “In some regions in Germany intensive care beds are running out again.” Germany, Europe’s most populous country with some 83 million people, has been grappling with a fourth […]
TBILISI, Georgia (AFP) — Health officials in Georgia sounded the alarm Wednesday over the slow pace of coronavirus vaccinations, after some 17,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine had to be destroyed because they expired. The Black Sea nation is in the midst of a devastating new wave of the pandemic despite vaccines being widely available. The country of 3.7 million people saw record numbers of daily cases this week, with 6,024 new infections on Wednesday, […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday issued an emergency use listing for the India-made Covaxin vaccine, in a move expected to increase Covid-19 jabs available in poor countries. The vaccine, made by India’s Bharat Biotech and with a 78-percent efficacy rate after two doses over a month “is extremely suitable for low- and middle-income countries due to easy storage requirements,” the UN body said. Covaxin is the first vaccine completely developed […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s most populated provinces said Wednesday said they will not force health care workers to get Covid vaccines, saying mass layoffs of staff who do not get shots would devastate hospitals. The decisions by the governments of Ontario and Quebec — the provinces hardest hit by the pandemic — were announced separately. Quebec had originally set a mid-October deadline for its health care workers to be fully vaccinated, but pushed it […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — The International Criminal Court will investigate whether crimes against humanity were committed during Venezuela’s clampdown on anti-government protests in 2017, President Nicolas Maduro and ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said Wednesday. After a preliminary evaluation, Khan “has decided to move on to the next phase to seek the truth,” the president said. “As a state, we respect his decision, although we do not share it.” “I ask everyone, as we enter this […]
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(Eagle News) — The Philippines recorded only 1,591 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, Nov. 3, bringing the total active cases to 38,014, or just 1.4 percent of total COVID cases, the lowest so far since the pandemic began. This number, 1,591 new virus cases, is the lowest single-day record of new cases in nine months, or since Feb. 4 this year when new COVID cases then reported were just 1,590. New recoveries on Wednesday, […]
(Eagle News) — Through its humanitarian arm, the Felix Y. Manalo Foundation, the Iglesia Ni Cristo or Church Of Christ conducted an Aid to Humanity event in Bangkok, Thailand. Eagle News correspondent Christel Mapa.
(Eagle News) — Amid the pandemic, the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) continues its Worldwide Aid to Humanity. Through its charitable arm, the Felix Y. Manalo Foundation, the church conducted an Aid to Humanity in Cambodia. Eagle News correspondent Crystal Anne Ballesteros
(Eagle News) — Naging malaking tulong din ang inilunsad na lingap sa mamamayan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa mga pamilyang naapektuhan ang hanapbuhay dahil sa pandemya sa Villaverde, Nueva Vizcaya. https://youtu.be/mTc1SS13WOI
(Eagle News) — Nagpaabot ng pasasalamat sa Iglesia Ni Cristo ang LGU officials at mga residente sa Itogon at Tublay, Benguet sa isinagawang Lingap sa Mamamayan sa kanilang lalawigan.
