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PNP confirms 3 Delta variant cases among police personnel

(Eagle News) — Three Delta variant cases have been found among police personnel. According to the Philippine National Police, the PNP Health Service was monitoring their condition and conducting contact tracing to identify close contacts. PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar ordered police commanders to ensure the cleanliness and orderliness of their police stations to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in general. He urged those fully vaccinated to continue following safety protocols, noting that it was not […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Aug. 15

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Aug. 15: Flight schedules may change at any given time. As such, MIAA advised passengers to confirm their flights first with their airlines. The Philippines has extended its travel ban on India and nine other countries. Metro Manila is under an enhanced community quarantine until Aug. 20.

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UPDATED: Powerful Haiti quake kills at least 304

by Amelie Baron Agence France Presse   PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — At least 304 people were killed in a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti early Saturday, toppling buildings in the disaster-plagued Caribbean nation still recovering from a devastating 2010 quake. “We have recorded 160 deaths in the South, 42 in Nippes, 100 in Grand’Anse and two in the Northwest,” said civil protection head Jerry Chandler, breaking down the death toll by department at a […]

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Haiti authorities confirm ‘deaths’ after deadly 7.2-magnitude quake

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami alert and damaging buildings in the west of the disaster-plagued Caribbean nation. The epicenter of the quake, which shook homes and sent people scrambling for protection, was about 100 miles (160 kilometers) by road from the center of the densely populated capital Port-au-Prince. “Lots of homes are destroyed, people are dead and some are at the hospital,” Christella […]

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Putin alarmed over ‘unprecedented’ natural disasters in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said the scale of natural disasters that have hit Russia this year has been “absolutely unprecedented”. Speaking at a video conference with officials on the effects of Siberia’s record-setting forest fires, he said it was “important” to work on the climate agenda “systematically.” While Siberia sees an annual wildfire season each summer, the fires have burned with an increasing intensity in recent years, which Russian […]

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Strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti: USGS

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami alert and damaging buildings in the west of the disaster-plagued Caribbean nation. The epicenter of the quake was about 100 miles (160 kilometers) by road from central Port-au-Prince, the densely populated capital. The long shock was felt in neighboring countries. The quake damaged schools as well as homes on Haiti’s southwestern peninsula, according to […]

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Erdogan visits Turkish flood victims as death toll hits 38

by Dmitry ZAKS ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — The death toll from Turkey’s flash floods soared to at least 38 on Friday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited one of the hardest-hit cities to lead a prayer for the victims and pledge government help. The devastation across Turkey’s northern Black Sea regions came just as the disaster-hit country was gaining control over hundreds of wildfires that killed eight people and destroyed swathes of forest along its […]

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Canada to mandate Covid vaccine for government workers

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — The Canadian government announced Friday it will require all federal workers and most commercial rail, air and ship passengers to get vaccinated against Covid-19, amid a surge in virus cases due to the Delta variant. “We know that vaccines are the best way to end this pandemic,” said Dominic LeBlanc, a government minister in charge of Canada’s federal bureaucracy. “We expect federal public servants to want to comply with this mandatory […]

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Guatemala declares state of emergency over Delta Covid surge

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — Guatemala has declared a new state of emergency and will impose an overnight curfew from Sunday to contain a surge in Covid infections due to the Delta variant, President Alejandro Giammattei said. The 30-day state of emergency is being implemented due to a rebound in cases attributed to the “more aggressive” Delta variant, Giammattei said in a televised address on Friday. “The Delta variant is highly contagious. It is causing […]

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Russia reports record virus deaths third day in a row

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Saturday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll for a third day running, as the country continues to struggle with the Delta variant amid sluggish vaccination rates. A government tally showed 819 fatalities over the past 24 hours and 22,144 new cases. Russia, the fourth worst-hit country in the world in terms of cases, has since mid-June been hit by a new wave of infections driven by the aggressive […]

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Heavy rain triggers floods, landslides in Japan

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — More than a million people were urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan on Saturday, leaving at least one dead and two missing. Authorities in Hiroshima and the northern part of Kyushu issued their highest evacuation alert as the weather agency reported unprecedented levels of rain in the area. Under the non-compulsory alert, around 1.4 million residents have been asked to leave their […]

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14,249 new COVID cases bring total active cases to almost 99k; total virus deaths breach 30k

  (Eagle News) – New COVID cases continued to rise daily as the Department of Health reported 14,249 new virus cases on Saturday, Aug. 14, bringing the total of active cases to 98,847. This is the highest number of new cases in a single day so far since the transmission of the Delta variant was confirmed by the DOH. Total confirmed COVID cases in the Philippines have reached 1,727,231, including recoveries. New COVID-19 fatalities reported […]

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