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by Emily Manuel Contributor, Eagle News (Eagle News) – In a virtual press conference held on Wednesday, 28 July 2021, Dr. Ranjit Rye of OCTA Research stated the group’s position to “go early, go hard” to help save lives and livelihood. In urging the government to enforce a more stringent lockdown measure, OCTA explained that “hard lockdowns that are implemented when cases are still low and on the rise tend to be shorter and are […]
MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung erupted on Wednesday, spewing a massive column of smoke and ash into the sky. The eruption of the volcano in North Sumatra province lasted about 12 minutes, a local geological agency said. “The volcanic material reached 4,500 metres into the air and lasted for quite a long time,” the head of the agency’s Sinabung monitoring post, Armen Putra, told AFP. An image shared by the agency showed […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Daily virus cases in Tokyo topped 3,000 for the first time on Wednesday, as several neighbouring regions weighed emergency restrictions to tackle a surge in infections. Tokyo, which is already under a virus state of emergency as it hosts the Olympics, reported 3,117 cases, and Governor Yuriko Koike called on people to avoid “unnecessary, non-urgent outings.” Japan’s vaccination programme started slowly, and only just over 25 percent of the population […]
(Eagle News) – The special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 strongly recommended the use of “localized” or granular lockdowns that target small areas where there are clustering of COVID-19 cases. Dr. Ted Herbosa said that using “localized lockdowns” is very important as COVID-19 cases rise again in the country. On Tuesday, July 27, the Philippines has in fact again recorded a high number of cases at more than 7,000 cases. […]
LUCKNOW, India (AFP) — Eighteen migrant laborers sleeping on a highway in northern India after their bus broke down died when a truck rammed into the vehicle, police said Wednesday. At least 19 others were injured in the accident in Uttar Pradesh state, a senior police officer told reporters. Most of the passengers were returning home to the eastern state of Bihar after working in the states of Punjab or Haryana. The passengers got off […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon has tested positive for COVID-19. Gordon said he was so far asymptomatic. In a radio interview, he said he was staying home. He said he and his wife have already been vaccinated for COVID-19. “Magtetest siya [his wife] about three days,” he said. Gordon is the sixth senator to test positive for COVID-19. The other senators who tested positive for COVID-19 were Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senators Sonny […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Millions of Sydney residents will spend another month in lockdown, authorities announced Wednesday, citing a still-growing coronavirus outbreak and low vaccination rates. Australia’s biggest city had been due to exit lockdown on July 30 after five weeks but the restrictions will remain in place until August 28 as case numbers continued to climb. “I appreciate personally what we’re asking people do for the next four weeks but it is because we […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A tropical storm hit northern Japan on Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of damage and Olympic football matches in the region were due to go ahead. Local authorities issued non-mandatory evacuation orders and set up emergency shelters as Tropical Storm Nepartak made landfall in northern Japan’s Miyagi region shortly before 6:00 am (2100 GMT Tuesday). The storm is passing south of Morioka city in Iwate prefecture, bringing “strong” but […]
In this special report, Eagle News America continues its coverage of the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s (Church Of Christ’s) 107th Anniversary, and tells the stories of how the Church has made a positive impact on communities in the Americas amid the pandemic. EBC’s correspondents in North and South America report the various Aid to Humanity events and other socio-civic activities of the INC, through the Felix Y. Manalo Foundation, that helped various communities across the […]
(Eagle News) — A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Occidental Mindoro on Wednesday, July 28. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake struck at 7:12 a.m. It had its epicenter 18 kilometers northeast of Paluan. The depth of focus was one kilometer. The following instrumental intensities were reported: Intensity I- Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro; Calatagan, Batangas and Tagaytay City, Cavite No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Metro Manila’s daily new COVID-19 cases could reach up to 11,000 by the end of September due to the Delta variant. According to the Department of Health, this is based on projections made by FASSSTER, a disease surveillance tool and based on the assumption the variant was 60 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant first detected in the United Kingdom. It was also based on the condition health protocols would not […]
(Eagle News) — Total COVID-19 cases detected among police personnel breached the 30,000 mark after 68 more cases were reported. According to the latest Philippine National Police data, of the 30,010 total cases, 917 were active. Over 200, or 275, more recoveries were reported, pushing the PNP recovery tally to 29012. One additional death also pushed the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 81. The inoculation of PNP personnel is ongoing, with PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar […]
