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CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — More than 500 health workers have died in Venezuela since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a nongovernmental organization said Monday. “The number of deaths in the health sector with criteria for Covid-19 is accelerating. Information is received of 14 new deaths to reach 513,” Medicos Unidos de Venezuela said on Twitter. Since the first cases were reported in March 2020, health care unions and NGOs have decried precarious conditions in […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A towering wall of sand rushed over factories and apartment blocks in northwestern China’s Gansu province as seasonal sandstorms barrelled across the country, causing air pollution and traffic accidents. Aerial images as it struck showed an apocalyptic scene as a billowing cloud of yellow dust smothered Gansu’s Linze county on Sunday. State media CCTV reported multiple car accidents in the province caused by low visibility, while meteorologists have warned people to […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,013,618 after the Department of Health reported 7204 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 71675 were active. Of these, 95.2 percent were mild, 1.5 percent asymptomatic, 1.1 percent critical, 1.3 percent severe, and 0.9 percent were moderate. Fourteen duplicate cases were also removed from the total case count. Recoveries rose to 925027 including the additional 10109 ones. “Moreover, 26 cases that were previously […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s junta said Tuesday it will heed regional pleas to stop violence only when the coup-hit country “returns to stability”, as fresh fighting erupted with a major ethnic rebel group along its eastern border. The nation has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a February 1 coup, triggering an uprising that has seen security forces mount deadly crackdowns against protesters. The violence — […]
SUVA, Fiji (AFP) — A Covid-19 outbreak that forced Fiji’s capital into lockdown after the island nation avoided transmission for a year was confirmed as the Indian variant Tuesday, with health officials saying they feared a “tsunami” of cases. The Pacific country had largely dodged community transmission before a cluster emerged this month centred on a quarantine facility in Nadi, the city that is home to Fiji’s international airport. The permanent secretary for health and […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A Republican-backed petition to recall California’s governor has achieved its goal of forcing a special election, which is set to be held later this year, officials said Monday. The vote on Democratic governor Gavin Newsom’s tenure will be only the second ever held in California, after the 2003 election that brought Arnold Schwarzenegger to power — and the fourth in the nation’s history. As of Monday, “the requisite number […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — The first shipment of Covid medical supplies from Britain to India, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived early Tuesday, the foreign ministry said. Foreign ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi tweeted photos of the equipment being unloaded from a German Lufthansa aircraft in New Delhi, calling it “international cooperation at work”. Britain, one of several countries to announce sending help as India’s health care system buckles under a huge surge […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s health regulator on Monday denied a request from several states to import Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, saying it did not have the data needed to verify the jab’s safety and efficacy. “We will never allow millions of Brazilians to be exposed to products without due verification of quality, safety and efficacy, or at minimum, facing the grave situation we are now going through, that the benefits will outweigh the […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia on Tuesday announced a temporary ban on direct passenger flights from India, as the South Asian nation grapples with a massive surge in coronavirus infections. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the suspension would remain in place until at least May 15 due to “clearly present” risks of travel from India, leaving thousands of Australians — including high-profile cricketers — stranded. It follows similar moves by countries including Canada, the United […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — The first emergency medical supplies trickled into Covid-stricken India on Tuesday as part of a global campaign to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot, with the United States also pledging to export millions of AstraZeneca vaccines. India’s infection and death rates are growing exponentially, overwhelming hospitals, in contrast to some wealthier Western nations that are starting to ease restrictions. The virus has now killed over 3.1 […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P68 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Cavite on Monday, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested during the operation in Town and Country Homes Subd., Dasmariñas City was Michael Lucas, 35. Apart from the 10 kilograms of shabu seized from him, the PNP said it also seized three digital weighing scales and IDs. According to the PNP, Lucas is a member of […]
(Eagle News) — The Special Adviser to the National Task Force on COVID-19 Dr. Ted Herbosa said that the critical care utilization of hospitals in Metro Manila is still high which warrants as extension of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in the Philippine capital and its surrounding provinces. In an interview with the Eagle News Service program, Balitalakayan, aired over NET 25, Dr. Herbosa also said that hospital bed utilization in Metro Manila […]
