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(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains will persist in the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said this was because of the tail-end of a frontal system affecting Northern Luzon, the easterlies affecting the rest of the country, and the northeast monsoon. Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with light rains. The rest of Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Aurora, on the other hand, will have cloudy […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine is 80 percent effective at preventing the disease in the elderly and does not increase the risk of blood clots, the biotech firm said Monday, following its US phase III efficiency trials. It was 79 percent effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 in the overall population and 100 percent effective at preventing severe disease and hospitalization, it said. Several countries had advised against administering the jab to […]
But DOH also records only 4 COVID deaths, one of the lowest single-day fatalities (Eagle News) – The new COVID-19 cases added on Monday breached 8,000 for the first time, becoming the new record-high for single day new cases. The Department of Health said that additional cases reached 8,019 on March 22, bringing the total active cases to 80,970 or 12.1 percent of total COVID-19 cases. The new record-high came about as the DOH reported […]
ISALAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, officials said, just two days after he received his first vaccination against the disease. The 68-year-old former top cricketer received a shot of the Chinese-produced Sinopharm vaccine on Thursday, as the country battles a third wave of the virus. “At this point, the prime minister’s office can only confirm that the honourable prime minister has tested positive for Covid-19 and […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan kicked off its coronavirus inoculation drive Monday with two top officials getting AstraZeneca shots in a bid to boost public confidence in a vaccine that has had a troubled rollout. Premier Su Tseng-chang and health minister Chen Shih-chung sat for jabs at a Taipei hospital after local authorities cleared the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant’s vaccine for use. “I am not feeling any pain at the spot or any soreness… I hope […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand is finalizing a long-awaited travel bubble with neighboring Australia and will reveal next month when trans-Tasman trips can resume, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday. Speaking almost exactly a year after New Zealand closed its borders as Covid-19 swept across the globe, Ardern acknowledged many Kiwis were impatient for quarantine-free travel to and from Australia. But she said the government would exercise the cautious approach that has seen […]
(Eagle News) — Kabayan, Benguet Mayor Faustino Aquisan passed away due to cardiac arrest on Sunday, March 21. The Public Information Agency in Benguet said Aquisan died past noon at the Notre dame de Chartres Hospital in Baguio City. He was 61 years old. He had tested positive for COVID-19. “Persons who have close contact with the late Mayor from March 6 to 19, 2021 are required to do mandatory home quarantine and wait for […]
(Eagle News) — At least one coronavirus variant is present in all Metro Manila cities. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said some cities have either the United Kingdom variant or the South Africa variant. Other cities have both. She, however, did not specify which cities had a specific variant and which had both. The country’s first UK COVID-19 variant case, however, was a Quezon City resident who arrived from a brief trip to Dubai. The […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) Torrential rain lashed Australia’s south east again Monday, worsening once-in-a-century flooding that has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and shuttered hundreds of schools. The days-long deluge has inundated coastal areas of New South Wales, the country’s most populous state, with parts of Sydney experiencing what officials predicted would be the biggest flood in decades. On Monday, eight million residents were told to avoid unnecessary travel and work from […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday, March 22, intercepted two Filipinos who were bound for the United Arab Emirates using fake employment contracts. In a statement, the bureau said the two had attempted to board an Emirates Airlines flight to Dubai when they were stopped by immigration officers who noted discrepancies in their documents. The officers referred them to the Travel Control and Enforcement Unit for inspection. The TCEU officers then showed […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Trust in AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in many European countries has plunged following controversy around the jab in recent weeks, according to a new survey unveiled Monday by British pollsters YouGov. A majority of people in the biggest European Union member states, including Germany, France, Spain and Italy, now see the inoculation as unsafe, the recent poll found. However, views of the Anglo-Swedish pharma giant’s jab remain overwhelming positive in […]
(Eagle News) — Residents of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal who went on vacation outside that “bubble” and want to return home can do so during the two-week ban on non-essential travel into and outside that subject area. According to the Department of Transportation, returning home is, after all, considered essential travel, which means it is not covered by the restriction announced by the Palace on Sunday, March 22. The DOTr said travelers […]
