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by Eva Marie Uzcategui with Chris Lefkow in Washington SURFSIDE, United States (AFP) — Rescuers on Tuesday combed through the debris of a deadly condo tower collapse in Florida as Tropical Storm Elsa threatened to complicate the delicate search mission with strong winds and heavy rain. The death toll from the June 24 disaster in Surfside, a town north of Miami Beach, rose to 36 as search teams found four more bodies in the rubble, […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israel agreed on a Covid vaccine swap with South Korea Tuesday, sending 700,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab to Seoul “immediately” in return for the same number in coming months. A statement from Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office said the deal, the first of its kind for Israel, would allow more effective use of the vaccine stocks of both countries. The statement added that Bennett had spoken to Pfizer chief executive […]
by Sebastian Smith WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States began sending Vietnam two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday, the White House said, in its latest assistance to countries struggling to tame the pandemic. The Moderna vaccine shipment — part of a first 80 million doses that President Joe Biden has pledged to allocate worldwide — should arrive in Vietnam this weekend, a White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The UK announced plans to further relax to its pandemic curbs on Tuesday despite warning that the number of daily new cases is set to more than treble to reach 100,000. From August 16, adults in England who have received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine will no longer need to self-isolate if they are in close contact with a positive case, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said. Instead they will […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — The Indian government on Monday slammed huge crowds at popular northern tourist spots, saying such “gross violations” of Covid-19 health measures could spark a new surge in infections. The vast nation of 1.3 billion people was hit by a record-breaking wave in cases and deaths in April and May that pushed the healthcare system to its breaking point. The crisis has since eased, with numerous states removing restrictions and reopening […]
Lambda variant has now been detected in at least 29 countries including South America, US, Australia, Israel and parts of Europe (Eagle News) – A new variant of interest of the COVID-19 virus is yet again causing concern since it was first detected in Peru late last year, amid recent research that indicated it may be more infectious than other variants and could have higher immune escape mechanisms. The Lambda variant, or C.37, has […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines have climbed to 1445832 after the Department of Health reported 4114 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 49613 were active. Of these, 90.8 percent were mild, 3.9 percent asymptomatic, 1.5 percent critical, 2.2 percent severe, and 1.62 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1370923 including the additional 6086 ones. The death toll is now at 25296 including the additional 104 ones. The DOH has […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine security forces have retrieved the cockpit voice and flight data recorders of a military aircraft that crashed in a coconut grove and killed 52 people, a top commander said Tuesday. The C-130 Hercules transport plane was carrying 96 people, mostly fresh army graduates, when it overshot the runway on Sunday while trying to land on Jolo island in the southern Sulu province. Witnesses and survivors told investigators the plane landed […]
Palace cites record achievement of administering 2 million doses in just 1 week (Eagle News) – The total number of vaccinated individuals in the country reached 12 million on Tuesday, July 6, with 2.8 million receiving the full complete doses. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque cited the report given by the Department of Health “As of today, narating na natin ang 12 million mark of doses administered,” he said. Malacanang said that of the 2.8 […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Tuesday, July 6, said that it doesn’t collect fees for “immigration airport assistance.” Bureau chief Jaime Morente made the statement after the bureau said a document from a Philippine-based company showed a breakdown of the fees it supposedly charges its employees who are foreign nationals. Morente did not identify the company. “This company is allegedly charging P5,000 as Airport Assistance Fee, another P5,000 for processing fee, and […]
Says he’ll make sure that the soldiers “did not die in vain” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte visited the wake of the soldiers who perished in the C-130 plane crash in Patikul, Sulu, expressing his sorrow for the lives lost, as he assured their families of support. Duterte said he is “at a loss for words” for what happened, as he saluted the soldiers who died in the July 4 crash where 50 […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Contact has been lost with a passenger plane carrying 28 people in Russia’s Far East, news agencies cited emergency services as saying on Tuesday. The An-26 was flying from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana in the Kamchatka Peninsula when it did not make a scheduled call-in, the Interfax, RIA Novosti and TASS agencies quoted local officials as saying. The report said the 28 on board included six crew members and that there were […]
