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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1,513,396 on Monday, July 19, after the Department of Health reported 5,651 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 47561 were active. Of these, 91.9 percent were mild, 1.9 percent asymptomatic, 1.6 percent critical, 2.7 percent severe, and 1.88 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,439,049, including the additional 5,332 recoveries. The death toll is now at 26,786 including the additional 72 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US health authorities on Friday pleaded with Covid vaccine holdouts to roll up their sleeves and get their shots, as cases, hospitalizations and deaths surged. “There is a clear message that is coming through: this is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky told reporters. The agency reported more than 33,000 new cases on Thursday, bringing the seven-day average up to […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health confirmed that at least one of the 11 local cases of the Delta variant has been fully vaccinated, while two were aged 18 and below. Health Director Alethea de Guzman of the DOH Epidemiology Bureau said that one of the 11 local Delta variant cases had already been fully vaccinated, while the rest either did not yet get jab or did not get the full two doses. […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s two largest cities are set to stay under tight Covid-19 restrictions as Melbourne on Monday extended a five-day snap lockdown designed to curb a virulent outbreak. “These restrictions simply cannot end at midnight tomorrow night,” Victoria state premier Daniel Andrews said, without saying how long the Melbourne lockdown would last. About 12 million people are under lockdown in Melbourne and Sydney, where a month of restrictions has failed to […]
Total number of Filipinos repatriated from Middle Eastern country since start of COVID-19 pandemic now at 3,000 (Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriated over 300 distressed overseas Filipinos from the United Arab Emirates over the weekend, bringing the total of repatriates from that country since the start of the pandemic to 3,000. According to the DFA, the 350 overseas Filipinos included 112 pregnant Filipinos and 12 persons with disabilities. They arrived in […]
(Eagle News) – Taguig City confirmed that it has one local case of the Delta variant. In its Facebook page, the city’s Safe City Task Force Head, Atty. Clarence Santos, said that they found 73 various COVID-19 virus variants in the city, and one of these was the Delta variant. The other variant cases detected were 26 Alpha variant cases (previously known as the UK variant), and 46 Beta variant cases (previously known […]
(Eagle News) — “Fabian” has intensified into a severe tropical storm. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said while “Fabian” is unlikely to bring heavy rainfall into the country, it, together with the tropical storm outside of the Philippine Area of Responsibility, is expected to continue to enhance the southwest monsoon. As a result, Ilocos Region, Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan will have monsoon rains in the next 24 hours. According to […]
by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British government on Monday lifted pandemic restrictions on daily life in England, scrapping all social distancing in a step slammed by scientists and opposition parties as a dangerous leap into the unknown. From midnight (2300 GMT Sunday), nightclubs were able to reopen and other indoor venues allowed to run at full capacity, while legal mandates covering the wearing of masks and working […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard drove away a Chinese Navy warship spotted in Marie Louise Bank in Palawan. In a statement on Monday, July 19, the PCG said BRP Cabra saw the warship bearing the Chinese flag 147 nautical miles from the El Nido shoreline last week. The PCG vessel issued a radio challenge and approached the foreign ship to be able to monitor its activities. The PCG did not receive a verbal […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — With oppressively hot, dry weather looming over much of the Western US and Canada on Sunday, the enormous Bootleg Fire in Oregon grew again and authorities ordered new evacuations. Bootleg, the largest of 80 major fires now active in the US, spread overnight from 274,000 acres to 290,000 acres — three times the size of the metropolis of Detroit, officials said. Some 2,000 people have had to evacuate, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police will deploy more police officers to public places to ensure minimum health protocols are followed. PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar made the announcement as he noted the first 11 local Delta variant cases detected in the Philippines. Of the 11, two were in Metro Manila. “Batay sa order ng ating Secretary of Interior and Local Government Eduardo Año, inatasan ko na ang lahat ng police commanders sa buong bansa […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Oriental early Monday, July 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 1:31 a.m. It had its epicenter 68 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso. The depth of focus was 59 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
