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Brazil’s Bolsonaro going to UN meet despite being unvaccinated

  BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s Covid-unvaccinated President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday he will attend next week’s United Nations conclave in New York, effectively defying city authorities who recently announced proof-of-vaccination requirements for all attending leaders and diplomats. “Next week I will be at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), where I will give an opening speech” on Tuesday, the president said during a social media broadcast. It will be “a calm speech, very objective, focused […]

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Biden to host Covid-19 summit on Wednesday: White House

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden will host a virtual summit with world leaders on the coronavirus pandemic next Wednesday, a day after he addresses the United Nations General Assembly, the White House said Friday. “This meeting is about expanding and enhancing our shared efforts to defeat Covid-19” and will seek to “align on a common vision” against the virus, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. The summit will […]

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Police wounded, hundreds arrested in Melbourne anti-lockdown protest

  MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Several police officers were wounded and hundreds of protesters were arrested in Australia’s second-most-populous city Saturday in violent clashes at an anti-lockdown march. Officers used pepper spray and made over 200 arrests in Melbourne as several hundred attendees flouted stay-at-home orders and marched through an inner-city suburb. The illegal gathering comes as the city goes through its sixth lockdown since the pandemic started, with the wider state of Victoria reporting […]

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North Africa virus cases plummeting after summer spike

  by AFP bureaus across the Maghreb Weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases overwhelmed intensive care units across North Africa with severe oxygen shortages sparking public anger, case numbers are sharply declining. Here is a look at the situation in the four countries of the Maghreb — Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Libya — based on official figures collected by AFP. – Tunisia – Images of intensive care units overwhelmed with Covid patients in July […]

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PNP reports 162 more COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) — Over 100 more police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional 162 cases pushed the total PNP COVID-19 cases to 38219. Of these, 2611 are active. Recoveries rose to 35495, with the addition of 170 recoveries. The PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 113, with no additional deaths. The police are among the priorities in the country’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccination program as members of the A4 […]

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Former Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman passes away at 68

(Eagle News) — Former Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman passed away on Sunday, Sept. 19. Vice President Leni Robredo made the announcement in her weekly radio show. Soliman was 68 years old. No other details are immediately available at the moment. Soliman was first appointed head of the Department of Social Welfare and Development during then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s administration. She served in the same capacity during then-President Noynoy Aquino’s term.  

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190,000 Sputnik V vaccine doses arrive in PHL

(Eagle News) — Almost 200,000 Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines on Saturday evening. The 190,000 doses arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 around 11 p.m. “We are very thankful as we have said to you. Dumating na nga 190,000 (vaccine doses) component number 2,” vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said. According to Galvez, the doses will be allocated to areas that received earlier doses. He said these […]

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Eleazar orders regular conduct of safety, marksmanship training for cops

(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the regular conduct of gun safety and marksmanship training for all police uniformed personnel. Eleazar gave the order as he noted the responsibility that should be instilled in each police personnel who carry service firearms everyday. He said his order was also to part of continuous efforts to further improve the PNP’s operational capability and to professionalize the organization. He noted the standard on […]

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Cloudy skies, rain showers expected in parts of the Philippines on Sunday, Sept. 19

(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in parts of the Philippines on Sunday, Sept. 19. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Visayas, Bicol Region, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region, SOCCSKSARGEN, and Quezon are due to the low pressure area estimated at 125 km east of Catarman, Northern Samar. The LPA is embedded in the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Sept. 19

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Sept. 19: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines prior to the scheduled travel as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry. The travel ban on India and nine other countries has been lifted. However, the Philippines imposed a travel ban on nine countries on its […]

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DOH reports 23,134 additional COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 2,347,550 on Saturday, Sept. 18, after the Department of Health reported 23,134 additional COVID-19 cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 90.5 percent were mild, 5 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent critical, 1.3 percent severe, and 2.63 percent were moderate cases. Recoveries rose to 2,126,879 with the addition of 27,024 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 36583 with the addition of 255 […]

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US panel recommends Covid boosters for people 65 and older

  by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A panel of leading US medical experts advising the government voted in favor of authorizing boosters of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for everyone aged 65 and up, as well as people at high risk of developing severe Covid. The same committee however rejected an initial proposal, submitted by Pfizer and backed by President Joe Biden’s administration, to fully approve boosters to everyone aged 16 […]

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