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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has reported over 200 additional COVID-19 cases. According to PNP data released on Sunday, April 4, the additional 258 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 15895. Of these, 2690 were active. Over 100, or 171, additional COVID-19 recoveries were reported, pushing the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 13165. The PNP COVID-19 death toll is at 40, the PNP data showed. Earlier, the PNP announced PNP Chief Debold […]
(Eagle News) — A La Union town councilor was arrested on Saturday, April 3, for illegal possession of firearms and ammo, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Michael Mapalo of Tubao was nabbed in Barangay Gonzales after he was found in possession of firearms without the corresponding permits. The authorities at that time were enforcing a search warrant issued by Judge Romeo Atillo of the First Judicial Region, Regional Trial Court, Branch […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and isolated rains are expected in the Philippines today, April 4. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Batanes and Babuyan Islands, in particular, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the northeasterly surface windflow affecting extreme Northern Luzon. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers. […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, April 4: Flight schedules may change any given time. MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. On March 28, the Palace said NCR Plus, which covers Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, and Rizal, would revert to an enhanced community quarantine, the strictest form […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) — Jordan’s former crown prince said Saturday he is under house arrest, but denied being part of any conspiracy against his half-brother King Abdullah II as he sharply criticized government corruption. In a video sent to the BBC, Prince Hamzah bin Hussein said the army chief of staff had visited him earlier in the day to tell him: “I was not allowed to go out, to communicate with people or meet with […]
Extended ECQ in NCR, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal could be followed by MECQ if numbers improve (Eagle News) – Malacanang extended the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) for at least one more week in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal because of the continuing surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement on Saturday night, April 3, after new COVID-19 cases added daily continued to go past 12,000, […]
THAILAND, Bangkok (AFP) — A Bangkok residence building collapsed on Saturday, killing at least four rescue workers and a resident, according to an emergency worker. The three-story house, located in a luxury gated community in western Bangkok, was engulfed in flames around 6 am and the fire raged for about an hour before it was put out. At around 7 am, as firefighters and rescue workers were moving through the razed structure in the Thai […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Friday reported a decline in virus-related deaths in February on the previous month, as authorities say the worst of the pandemic has passed and aim to lift remaining curbs by the end of the summer. The figures published by the Rosstat statistics agency showed 14,171 Russians died due to the coronavirus in February, while a further 9,198 people died with the virus but primarily of other causes. That […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 784,043 after the Department of Health reported 12,576 additional cases. This is the second-highest number cases reported by the country in a single day since the pandemic began. On Friday, the Philippines reported an all-time high of over 15,000 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the 784,043 total cases, 165715 were active. Of these, 96.5 percent were mild, 2.2 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent critical, 0.5 percent severe, […]
by Emily Manuel Contributor (Eagle News) — OCTA Research supports the position of the Department of Health to extend the lockdown in the NCR+ bubble for an additional week, from April 5 to 11, 2021. They say that “a one-week ECQ is insufficient to reverse the surge and will only further strain our hospital system.” OCTA also recommends extending the ECQ to an additional third week if the reproduction number does not dramatically drop in […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The UK medical regulator said Saturday that out of 30 people who suffered blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, seven have died. The British acknowledgement of deaths comes as several European countries have paused the use of the AstraZeneca jab over a potential link to blood clots. The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said in a statement that “Out of the 30 reports up to and including […]
(Eagle News)–Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Magalong, also the country’s contact tracing czar, said this was based on the results of the RT-PCR test he took on April 2. He said contact tracing is underway. “The seriousness of this pandemic is something that we should not take for granted. It is a difficult situation and I don’t want anyone of you to be in this condition as it […]
