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ROME, Italy (AFP) — Authorities in northern Italy announced Monday they had identified two cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus, in a father and daughter recently returned from India. The news follows reports of another case in the central region of Tuscany last month, and comes after the Italian government banned arrivals from the virus-hit country. “Today in (the city of) Bassano we have the first two patients, two Indians,” announced Luca Zaia, head […]
Roque welcomes community pantries but reminds organizers about dangers of mass gatherings amid pandemic (Eagle News) — Malacanang reminded organizers of community pantries to make sure that they coordinate with their respective barangays or with the local government units in their areas to help them enforce the minimum health protocols, such as social distancing, required to prevent further COVID-19 infections amid the pandemic. Pressidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, on Monday, April 26, said that while […]
(Eagle News) — Sixteen more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. Recent Department of Foreign Affairs data showed the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18253. Four additional recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 11194. No additional fatalities were reported, which means the death toll remains at 1126. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries, and […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies with isolated rains are expected today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers, in particular, are expected in Metro Manila and the rest of the Philippines. PAGASA said the conditions were due to the northeasterly surface wind flow affecting Northern and Central Luzon. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The northern section of Luzon and the […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa announced Monday it would shortly resume using Johnson & Johnson anti-Covid vaccines, two weeks after the jab was suspended to vet risks over blood clots. The vaccine will be included in South Africa’s much-delayed anti-Covid vaccination campaign from Wednesday after being given the green light by SAHPRA, the country’s health watchdog. “It has since been established there is a one in a million chance of getting the clot […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s biggest airline ANA said Monday it aims to become carbon neutral by 2050 through new technology, emissions trading and other efforts. It comes after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced last week that Japan would target a 46-percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, significantly more than previously pledged. ANA Holdings said it “plans to reduce carbon emission levels from aircraft operations to net zero by 2050” by using more […]
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AFP) — Kazakhstan on Monday rolled out its homegrown coronavirus vaccine, with the Central Asian country’s health minister receiving the jab on live television. QazCovid-in, also known as QazVac, is a two-shot vaccine that is currently in third stage trials. The state broadcaster Khabar said that 50,000 doses of the vaccine developed by the state-backed Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems have been distributed across the vast oil-rich country. Health Minister Alexei Tsoi told […]
PHL joins 25 other countries which have over 1 million total COVID-19 cases (Eagle News) – Philippine COVID-19 cases breached 1 million on Monday, April 26, with the addition of 8,929 cases, the Department of Health reported. Total COVID-19 cases on Monday reached 1,006,428, but most of these, 915,952, are recoveries. In fact, recovered patients accounted for 90.9 percent of total cases, the highest percentage so far since March 10. New recoveries added on Monday […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong and Singapore on Monday announced plans to resurrect their scrapped coronavirus travel bubble with dedicated flights between the two cities starting on May 26. The two business hubs had to abandon a highly anticipated quarantine-free travel corridor late last year after Hong Kong was hit with a fourth wave of infections. From May 26, one flight per day carrying up to 200 passengers will shuttle between the two […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian authorities on Monday lifted a snap three-day lockdown of Perth, but faced pointed questions about how the coronavirus leaked from a quarantine hotel for returning travellers. Stay-at-home orders for Perth and surrounding areas will expire at midnight Monday, after just two people contracted Covid-19 out of thousands tested in the region. “It was a circuit breaker we needed to limit community spread and keep our community healthy,” Western Australia state […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — New Covid restrictions came into force in Thailand on Monday to try to halt a spiralling outbreak that saw deaths hit a record single-day high over the weekend. In Bangkok — where the latest outbreak has been traced back to a nightlife district — as well as 46 other provinces, wearing masks is now compulsory in public spaces, backed up by the threat of a 20,000 baht ($640) fine. Authorities in […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Joseph Estrada will be discharged from the hospital today, April 26. His son, former Senator Jinggoy Estrada, made the announcement in a Facebook post. The former senator thanked the doctors who attended to his father while he was recovering from COVID-19 in the hospital. He also expressed gratitude to all those who expressed their support for their family throughout the “harrowing experience.” “Muli, maraming maraming salamat sa inyong lahat!!!” the […]
