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(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, May 4: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights before going to the airport as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. Flight schedules are also subject to changes, MIAA said. Last Wednesday, President Rodrigo Duterte announced the MECQ would be extended in the NCR Plus area, including Metro Manila, […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — At least 17 people died and more than 800 were wounded in clashes that broke out in Colombia during five days of protests against a proposed government tax reform, authorities said on Monday. The Ombudsman’s Office said 16 civilians and one police officer died in violence during the protests that began throughout the country on April 28, while 846 people, including 306 civilians, were injured. Authorities have detained 431 people while […]
by Shaun TANDON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday asked North Korea to embrace diplomacy as he briefed allies on a new US strategy that stresses low-key progress rather than Donald Trump’s pageantry. In London for the first in-person Group of Seven meetings in two years, Blinken consulted his counterparts from Japan and South Korea on President Joe Biden’s fresh approach which has already been denounced by Pyongyang. “I […]
by Sebastian Smith WASHINGTON, United States(AFP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday, after coming under fierce criticism, that he was raising the maximum number of refugees allowed into the United States this year to 62,500 — up from the 15,000 cap imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump. The change follows backlash from allies over Biden’s earlier decision to keep the Trump-era limits — a politically costly moment of confusion that stood out in a White […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A Canadian government advisory panel on Monday recommended the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for people aged 30 years and over, despite blood clotting fears. Health Canada in March authorized the jab’s use for all adults, but doses have yet to be administered, and authorities are still holding back the first shipment of 300,000 doses over possible quality issues. Shelley Deeks of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) […]
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday announced the end of a nearly three-month outbreak of Ebola that claimed six lives out of 12 known cases. The outbreak, the DRC’s 12th since the disease was first identified in 1976, was rolled back thanks to a campaign to vaccinate hundreds of people, the new health minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani said. The disease was first detected on February 7 in the eastern province […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US biotech firm Novavax said Monday it had started clinical trials of its proposed Covid-19 vaccine on children, in a program that will involve up to 3,000 adolescents aged 12-17. Far fewer children have been sick with Covid-19 compared to adults, and most have mild to no symptoms, but they can be infected and spread the virus. Novavax said the trials would test “the efficacy (and) safety” of the vaccine, […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Florida governor Ron DeSantis on Monday lifted all Covid-19 restrictions in the US state, citing the effectiveness and availability of vaccines, in a move that attracted criticism from Democratic mayors. DeSantis signed a law invalidating local emergency orders — which impose restrictions due to Covid-19 — effective from July 1, and then signed an executive order that bridges the gap between now and then. “That’s the evidence thing to do,” […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a major easing of coronavirus restrictions Monday, including the imminent resumption of 24-hour operations on the city subway. The announcement highlights how far the Big Apple, once the epicenter of the United States’s outbreak, has come in getting the virus under control. From May 19, percentage limits on occupancy will be scrapped for many business and cultural venues in the city — including […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Shortages of Covid-19 vaccines have forced several large Brazilian cities to suspend administering second doses, officials and media reports said Monday, the latest breakdown in the hard-hit country’s troubled immunization drive. Seven of Brazil’s 26 state capitals have stopped administering the booster shot of Chinese-developed CoronaVac because of a lack of supply, according to news site G1. And Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s second city, announced Saturday it was halting […]
https://youtu.be/F0d-KXh0_Jc (Eagle News) — Beginning May 3, Panama will restrict the entry of travelers from India due to the surge of cases of Covid-19 in the Asian country. The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India is devastating the second most populous country in the world, with 1.35 billion inhabitants and adding more than 300,000 new infections every day. The Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre, reported that the entry restrictions measures for […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte was vaccinated on Monday night, May 3, with the first dose of China’s Sinopharm vaccine. In photos and a Facebook live video posted by Senator Chrisopher “Bong” Go, the 76-year old Philippine leader is seen being vaccinated by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III just before 7 p.m. Go said that President Duterte’s doctors chose the vaccine Sinopharm for him. “Ayon kay Tatay Digong, nagpabakuna siya para hindi lang […]
