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PARIS, France (AFP) — A French court on Monday found pharma giant Servier guilty of “aggravated fraud” and “involuntary manslaughter” over a diabetes and weight loss pill blamed for hundreds of deaths in one of the country’s biggest recent health scandals. The drug Mediator was on the market for 33 years and used by about five million people before being pulled in 2009 over fears it could cause serious heart problems — more than a […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia has agreed a deal for more than 60 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to be produced in China from May, the jab’s developer said on Monday. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which has financed the development of the vaccine, said it and Shenzhen Yuanxing Gene-tech Co. “have agreed to cooperate on production of over 60 million doses” of Sputnik in China. The RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — US President Joe Biden led global condemnation of an “absolutely outrageous” crackdown by Myanmar’s junta that killed more than 100 people over the weekend, as funerals were held Monday for the victims. Soldiers and police have killed hundreds in a brutal campaign against mass anti-coup protests demanding a restoration of democracy and the release of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. At least 107 more people — including seven children […]
by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — An international expert mission to Wuhan has concluded it was very likely that Covid-19 first passed to humans from a bat through an intermediary animal, while all but ruling out a laboratory leak. The intermediate host hypothesis was deemed “likely to very likely”, while the theory that the virus escaped from a lab was seen as “extremely unlikely”, according to the long-awaited report, which AFP obtained a copy […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — The enormous container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week has been turned 80 percent in the right direction, officials said Monday, raising hopes the vital trade route could soon be clear. But its owner said that while the giant ship “has turned”, it was still not yet fully unwedged. The MV Ever Given, longer than four football fields, became wedged diagonally across the canal during a sandstorm last […]
PARIS, France (AFP) Paris hospitals are fast approaching saturation point because of snowballing Covid admissions and may be forced to turn patients away, top officials warned Sunday. “There’s a feeling of anger at finding oneself in a situation that will force you to do disaster medicine,” said senior Paris hospitals official Remi Salomon. “In 10 days, 15 days or three weeks we may be overwhelmed,” he told the all-news channel BFMTV, pleading for a new […]
IATF studying if 1-week ECQ enough to bring numbers down (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte will be announcing in his Talk to the Nation Monday night, March 29, what will be the community protocols for the month of April as the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) hold meetings studying the next moves that should be undertaken to arrest the COVID-19 spike. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque also cited projections on COVID-19 cases […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 731,894 on Monday, March 29, after the Department of Health reported 10,016 additional cases. The additional cases reported today represent the most COVID-19 cases reported by the Philippines in a single day since the pandemic began. It is close to the prediction made by the Octa research group: According to the independent research team, if the surge in COVID-19 cases continues unabated, daily COVID-19 cases could hit 11,000 […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — More than two million people in Brisbane were ordered into a three-day lockdown Monday after a cluster of coronavirus cases was detected in Australia’s third-biggest city. It is the second snap lockdown of the greater Brisbane area this year, and comes after seven people tested positive for Covid-19 — the first significant community outbreak in Australia in weeks. “This is the UK strain. It is highly infectious. We need to […]
Exercise-related activities should also be done in residences or within barangays only, Palace adds (Eagle News) — Residents of areas under an enhanced community quarantine may conduct exercise-related activities for the duration of the community quarantine. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said, however, that these activities–biking and jogging, for example– can only be done from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. They should also be done within the vicinity of residences and barangays. In announcing that exercise-related […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang has allowed the simultaneous vaccination of senior citizens and those with comorbidities, along with the medical front liners. In an interview over the NET25 program, Balitalakayan, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has already approved that the elderly and those with comorbidities can already be vaccinated. “Na-approve na po ng IATF ang mga amendments sa Omnibus Guidelines po […]
(Eagle News) — Marawi Mayor Majul Gandamra has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement posted on the city’s Facebook account, Gandamra said this was based on the results of his RT-PCR test released on Sunday night. He urged all those who came into contact with him recently to get tested or be quarantined either in quarantine facilities or their respective homes. He said this was also a “call to action” to “not be afraid […]
