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by Juliette COLLEN PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Monday opened up Covid-19 vaccines to all adults, a week before Germany, as Europe races to avoid another wave of infections caused by new virus variants. So far, 25.4 million people have received a first shot of a vaccine, representing about 38 percent of the population and nearly one in two adults. Until now, people over 50, workers in professions particularly exposed to the virus and […]
(Eagle News) — Signal No. 2 has been raised over several areas as Tropical Storm “Dante” turned west-northwestward over the Philippine Sea east of Dinagat-Siargao Island. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the following areas are under the tropical cyclone wind signal with the center of “Dante” estimated 270 km east of Maasin City, Southern Leyte: LUZON The eastern portion of Masbate (Mobo, Uson, Dimasalang, Cawayan, Palanas, Cataingan, Placer, Pio V. Corpuz, […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, June 1: MIAA earlier advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights first as only those with the same will be allowed entry into the airport. The NCR Plus area, which covers Metro Manila, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, and Laguna, are under a general community quarantine with restrictions until June 15. The government has also extended the ban […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Myanmar correspondent Mratt Kyaw Thu will arrive in Madrid on Tuesday to ask for asylum after fleeing the military junta in Yangon, said the Spanish news agency EFE, which he worked for. The 30-year-old correspondent, who will travel to Spain after failing to obtain asylum in Germany, won AFP’s Kate Webb award in 2017 for his outstanding coverage of the ethnic and religious conflicts in Myanmar. “Tomorrow he will fly from […]
Tells vaccine czar to start distributing more vaccines to areas with high COVID cases (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte mandated local officials to fast track the vaccination of people as the country starts administering COVID-19 jabs to economic frontliners (A4 category) and the poor (A5 category). Duterte in his “Talk To The People” on Monday night, May 31, also directed vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., to distribute immediately the vaccines “pro rata” […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have listed star forward Anthony Davis as questionable for the next game of their first round Western Conference playoff series against the Phoenix Suns. Lakers coach Frank Vogel said team doctors looked at Davis on Monday and will re-examine him on Tuesday leading up to game five of the best-of-seven series on Tuesday in Arizona. Davis suffered a strained groin in game four, missing the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese authorities imposed fresh travel limits, cancelled flights and tested thousands of residents in Guangdong Monday after the Indian variant of the coronavirus was reported in the country’s most populous province. Travellers leaving Guangzhou — the capital of the southern province home to 100 million people — must show negative Covid-19 test results from the past 72 hours, starting from 10:00 pm on Monday, the city said in an announcement late […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore will start vaccinating schoolchildren against the coronavirus soon, the prime minister said Monday, after officials warned that new strains were affecting youngsters more. The city-state recently tightened curbs following a slight uptick in cases, after months of reporting barely any local transmissions. This included closing schools amid signs that new variants, such as the one first detected in India, were affecting children in greater numbers. In a televised speech, Prime […]
ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) — Global food giant Nestle said Monday it was developing a new nutrition strategy after the Financial Times reported on an internal document showing that most of its food and drinks were unhealthy. An internal presentation circulated among top executives earlier this year had revealed that more than 60 percent of Nestle’s mainstream food and drinks portfolio did not meet “recognised definition of health”, the British business daily reported. The presentation, seen […]
by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Covid-19 variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization announced Monday. The new system applies to variants of concern — the most troubling of which four are in circulation — and the second-level variants of interest being tracked. “They will not replace existing scientific names, but are aimed to help in public […]
(Eagle News) — More areas are now under Signal No. 1 as Tropical Storm “Dante” continues to move northwestward over the Philippine Sea. In its midnight weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the following areas are under the tropical cyclone wind signal, with “Dante” estimated 375 km east of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte: LUZON The eastern portion of Sorsogon (City of Sorsogon, Magallanes, Bulan, Juban, Irosin, Santa Magdalena, Matnog, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the travel ban on passengers from India to June 15. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the ban on travelers from Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Oman and the United Arab Emirates was also extended. The ban was first imposed on travelers from India in April, following reports of a COVID-19 variant reportedly driving the surge in COVID-19 cases there. It was later expanded to include travelers from […]
