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(Eagle News) — Philippine maritime authorities drove away Chinese vessels from Sabina Shoal off Palawan last Tuesday, April 27. The Philippine Coast Guard made the disclosure on Wednesday, May 5, after it announced it was preparing its second leg of maritime patrols with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Bataan and Benham Rise. China is also claiming Benham Rise, which is a 13-million-hectare underwater plateau located near Aurora. According to the PCG, a […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia will tighten coronavirus curbs in the capital to combat a fresh spike in cases, with only essential businesses allowed to operate and restaurant dining-in banned, authorities said Wednesday. The partial lockdown in Kuala Lumpur, initially set to last from May 7 to 20, comes a day after officials announced tougher restrictions in several districts surrounding the city. The Southeast Asian nation was hit by a fresh Covid-19 outbreak at […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Switzerland’s Covid-19 death toll topped 10,000 on Wednesday as health officials gave cautious signs of optimism that the pandemic was coming under control in the wealthy Alpine nation. The landlocked European country, population 8.6 million, said 10,012 people had now died from the virus, while more than 664,000 cases have been registered. But the government’s Covid-19 expert group said the situation was currently stable and even slightly improving. “We have good […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has reminded the kin of deceased foreign nationals in the country to officially report their deaths to the bureau. In an advisory, the bureau said this was to ensure the cancellation of registration and proper documentation recording. The bureau said apart from relatives of the deceased, owners and operators of funeral parlors, cemeteries, embassies, local government units, hospitals, and barangay officials, among others, may do the reporting. According […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in the Philippines today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Davao Region and SOCCSKSARGEN, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The weather bureau said this was due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting the southern portion of Mindanao. Meanwhile, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, May 6: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights before going to the airport. It said only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. MIAA added flight schedules are also subject to changes. The NCR Plus area is on its sixth day under a modified enhanced community quarantine since this […]
by Bhuvan BAGGA NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India, gripped by one of the most deadly coronavirus surges seen by any country, will have to be ready for new waves and badly needs more oxygen from other countries, officials said Wednesday. Facing critical shortages of hospital beds and oxygen, the warnings came as India reported 3,780 new pandemic deaths, a new daily high, and 382,000 new cases. Experts say the peak may not be reached […]
by Heather SCOTT WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday announced support for a global waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, offering hope to poor nations that have struggled to access the life-saving doses. India, where the death toll hit a new daily record amid fears the peak is still to come, has been leading the fight within the World Trade Organization (WTO) to allow more drugmakers to manufacture […]
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) — The largest real-world study yet of the Pfizer/BioNTec vaccine on Thursday confirmed that the jab provided more than 95 percent protection against Covid-19, but found that the level dropped significantly when people received just one of the two prescribed doses. The authors of the research from Israel’s national vaccination campaign said it showed real-world proof that the pandemic could be ended by rapid, global vaccination programmes. An analysis […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — A case of the Indian variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Kenya, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday, a few days after it was also confirmed in neighbouring Uganda. “This variant has been picked (up) in Kenya and because of global connectivity, it is just a question of time. You cannot be able to put barriers … to prevent a virus from accessing your territory,” said the ministry’s director […]
by AFP bureaus NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s foreign minister was forced to abandon face-to-face G7 meetings on the pandemic in London on Wednesday because he may have been exposed to Covid-19, as the crisis deepened back home with his nation’s daily death toll hitting a record at almost 3,800. The coronavirus continues to ravage India but in Europe and the United States mass vaccination programmes have allowed the easing of many restrictions. Foreign […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam has extended the quarantine period for anyone arriving in the country to three weeks, authorities said Wednesday, following a fresh community outbreak of the coronavirus. The nation has so far kept case numbers low — recording just over 3,000 cases and 35 deaths — thanks to strict quarantine measures and extensive contact tracing. But Vietnam reported its first community outbreak in weeks last Thursday, and other clusters have since emerged. […]
