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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations said Friday it urgently needed funds to feed people in Myanmar amid fears that up to 6.2 million could be plunged into hunger by October. The UN’s World Food Programme said it was 70 percent short of the $86 million needed over the next six months, as the country goes through multiple crises. A major wave of Covid-19 infections is surging through Myanmar, compounding hunger, rising food […]
by Andrew BEATTY SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s coveted status as a haven from the pandemic could be at an end, with experts warning that a sustained Delta outbreak makes a return to “Covid zero” unlikely. After long stretches with zero local cases — what Australians once jokingly referred to as “doughnut days” — a Sydney outbreak has now grown to 4,610. Record numbers of new cases are being reported each day despite widespread lockdowns. […]
by Rosa SULLEIRO BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Staff in the intensive care unit at Barcelona’s Hospital del Mar are battling exhaustion as they grapple with a new surge in Covid-19 patients that is straining the region’s health system. Ten new intensive care beds have been added at this one hospital alone, bringing the total to 30. All of them are full — and it is overwhelmingly unvaccinated, and younger, patients who are occupying them. Nurses […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — The Taliban shot dead the head of the Afghan government’s media information centre Friday at a mosque in the capital, the ministry said, days after warning they would target senior administration officials in retaliation for increased air strikes. “Unfortunately, the savage terrorists have committed a cowardly act once again and martyred a patriotic Afghan,” interior ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai said of the death of Dawa Khan Menapal. The Taliban claimed responsibility […]
More Alpha, Beta, P.3 variant cases also detected (Eagle News) — Over 100 more Delta variant cases have been detected in the Philippines, pushing the total cases detected of that COVID-19 variant to 450. According to the Department of Health (DOH), apart from the 119 Delta variant cases detected in the latest batch of samples sequenced by the Philippine Genome Center, also detected were 125 Alpha variant cases, 94 Beta variant cases and […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported 10,623 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, Aug. 6, the highest number of daily cases so far since the last major surge in cases last April. Because of this, the number of active COVID-19 cases jumped to 74,297 while total confirmed cases reached 1,638,345. The DOH also reported an increase in deaths. On Friday, 247 new COVID-19 fatalities were recorded, higher than the previous day’s 196 deaths. […]
Other areas in Cordillera, in other regions also under the classification (Eagle News) — Eight areas in Metro Manila and several other parts of the country have been classified as COVID-19 alert level 4 areas due to the high number of COVID-19 cases, hospital occupancy rate. According to a DOH presentation, Las Pinas, Muntinlupa, Pateros, Quezon City, Taguig, Malabon, Makati and San Juan are under the classification for being moderate- to critical-risk areas for COVID-19 […]
22.5 million Filipinos already given jabs, with 10.2 million fully vaccinated (Eagle News) – The country has set a new high record of COVID-19 vaccines administered in a day at 710,482 on Thursday, Aug. 5. This surpassed the 702,013 jabs in one day recorded on Aug. 3 that was the previous record high for daily jabs. “710,482. This was the number of jabs administered last August 5, 2021, a new record high in our […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang again reminded local government units (LGUs) not to allow COVID-19 vaccination events, especially during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period in Metro Manila, to become “super spreader events.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said vaccination events in the communities “should not endanger lives” of those who want to be vaccinated. This was amid reports of gatherings of people in Manila, Las Pinas and Antipolo City where social distancing protocols were disregarded. Roque […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has arrested a Korean fugitive wanted for fraud in his country. In a statement, the bureau said 61-year-old Lee Sanghun was nabbed by bureau operatives in a restaurant in Calinan District, Davao City, last weekend, in coordination with the National Bureau of Investigation XI-South Eastern Mindanao Regional Office. The bureau said Lee has a standing arrest warrant issued in 2020 by the Gunsan Branch, Jeonju District Court of […]
(Eagle News) — Vaccinated authorized persons outside residences can continue to avail of free fares for specific rail transport until Aug. 20. The Department of Transportation said APORs who wish to ride the Metro Rail Transit-3, Light Rail Transit-2, and the Philippine National Railways free of charge should just show their vaccination cards as proof of full vaccination. Metro Manila reverted to an enhanced community quarantine starting Aug. 6 amid the threat of the Delta […]
(Eagle News) — Persons who don’t fall under the authorized persons outside residences category but who have been designated as an APOR’s fetcher still need to present specific documents to be allowed passage through checkpoints for the duration of the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila. According to Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar, these documents are a certificate of employment of the APOR passenger indicating the name of the designated non-APOR fetcher, the make […]
