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ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy’s northern Piedmont region on Sunday suspended use of the AstraZeneca vaccine after the death of a teacher who had received it the day before, the regional health authority said. The woman, who age has not been disclosed, died Sunday at Biella, a town north of Turin. “This is an extreme precautionary measure, while waiting to see if there exists a causal link between the vaccination and the death,” said a […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — At least three people were killed when demonstrators took to the streets again across Myanmar Saturday, after a deadly overnight crackdown as hundreds defied a curfew to hold vigils in honour of those killed since the military seized power. The junta has deployed increasing force against daily protests since the February 1 coup, with more than 70 people killed according to the UN’s top rights expert on the country. But hundreds […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — The director and four other officials of a Jordanian hospital treating coronavirus patients were detained on Sunday over deaths at the facility after it ran out of oxygen, judicial sources said. A prosecutor decided to place them in custody for a week for questioning after seven patients died Saturday in the hospital in Salt, near the capital Amman, they said. Public anger over the deaths led to the resignation of health […]
by Joe Stenson with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — Ireland on Sunday became the latest country to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine over concerns about patients developing post-jab blood clots, as nations across the world sought to step up their Covid-19 immunisation drives. Several countries including Denmark, Norway and Bulgaria last week paused the rollout of vaccines from the Anglo/Swedish pharma giant over fears of blood clots. The […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Floods and ashfall from rumbling volcano Sangay have destroyed around 60,000 hectares (150,000 acres) of land and crops across Ecuador, affecting 350,000 people, the risk management service (SNGRE) said on Saturday. “We support the population affected by the fall of ash from Sangay and floods nationwide,” President Lenin Moreno tweeted. Moreno also announced the restructuring of “agricultural loans” and the dispatch of “teams to assist our farmers.” About 16,320 hectares […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration main office in Intramuros, Manila is closed on Monday, March 15, and Tuesday, March 16. The bureau said in an advisory the suspension of operations was to pave the way for a thorough disinfection and sanitation of the premises. The bureau said this was amid the upsurge of COVID-19 cases in the country and “as a precautionary measure to deter the spread of the virus.” All clients with […]
(Eagle News)–Active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 48,157 after the Department of Health reported 4,899 additional cases. The DOH said of the total active cases, 91.8 percent were mild, 4.2 percent asymptomatic, 1.6 percent were critical, 1.6 percent were severe, and 0.8 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 560,512 including the 13,371 additional ones. The death toll is now at 12829 including the 63 additional ones. The Octa research group has noted a surge […]
(Eagle News)–Ninety-nine more police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. Philippine National Police data said the additional cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 active cases to 849. The total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the PNP is now at 12,162. Fourteen additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 11280. One additional death pushed the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 33. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the pandemic. PNP chief Debold Sinas has […]
HONOLULU, United States (AFP) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday he was traveling to Asia to boost military cooperation with American allies and foster “credible deterrence” against China. Austin kicked off via Hawaii, seat of the American military command for the Indo-Pacific region, his first foreign visits as Pentagon chief. “This is all about alliances and partnerships,” he told reporters on the trip that is to include meetings with key allies […]
OSLO, Norway (AFP) — Norwegian health officials reported three more cases of blood clots or brain haemorrhages in younger people who received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab, but said they could not yet say they were vaccine-related. The Norwegian Medicines Agency said similar incidents had been reported in other European countries. While there was no proof of a link to the vaccine, anyone under 50 who felt unwell and developed large blue patches after vaccination should […]
(Eagle News) — Seventy-four volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, included 46 episodes of volcanic tremor with durations of one to four minutes. PHIVOLCS said there was also weak steam emission at the main crater and “significant” sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission that averaged 596 tons on March 13. “Temperature highs of 71.8°C and […]
(Eagle News) — The intelligence police chief of a police station in Cebu was arrested for robbery-extortion on Friday, the Philippine National Police said over the weekend. In a statement, the PNP said Police Executive Master Sergeant Julius Medura Obañana of Carmen Police Station in Carmen was nabbed in an entrapment operation at 1:30 p.m. The operation was organized following complaints from Arlene Pitogo Maglasang that Obañana was demanding P3,000 in exchange for the release […]
