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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — Cambodia reported its first coronavirus death on Thursday as the country battles its worst outbreak since the pandemic began one year ago. A driver died in a hospital on Thursday morning in Phnom Penh after testing positive for the virus late last month, the health ministry said. Cambodia has largely escaped the brunt of the pandemic, registering just 1,163 cases, but a community cluster among Chinese expatriates has brought the […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine offers more protection than earlier thought with effectiveness in preventing symptomatic disease reaching 97 percent, according to real-world evidence published Thursday by the pharmaceutical companies. Using data from January 17 to March 6 from Israel’s national vaccination campaign, Pfizer/BioNTech found that prevention against asymptomatic disease also reached 94 percent. An earlier real-world study using data from between December 20, 2020 and February 1, 2021 had showed effectiveness at […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — LeBron James and the reigning champion Los Angeles Lakers were the top sellers in NBA jerseys and merchandise announced Thursday with the Brooklyn Nets rising to team-record sales levels. The results announced by the league and players union were based upon NBA store website sales for the first half of the 2020-21 NBA season, which concluded last week. No sales figures were released, only rankings, which saw Lakers superstar […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy’s medicines regulator on Thursday banned the use of a batch of AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccine as a precaution, triggering a similar decision from fellow EU member Romania. The Italian regulator made the decision despite saying there was no established link between the vaccine and reports of some people suffering blood clots days after receiving the shot. “Following the reporting of some serious adverse events… AIFA has decided, as a precaution, to […]
Novavax vaccines said to be effective vs UK, South African variants to arrive by late 2nd quarter or early 3rd quarter of 2021 (Eagle News) – Some 30 million doses of the Novavax vaccines manufactured in India are currently being negotiated by Philippine officials who are now concluding and finalizing the supply contract. “Thirty million is currently the negotiated amount for the government purchase of Novavax alone,” said Indian Ambassador to the Philippines, Hon. […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — Danish health authorities said Thursday they were temporarily suspending the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after some patients developed blood clots since receiving the jab. The move comes “following reports of serious cases of blood clots among people vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine”, the Danish Health Authority said in a statement. But it cautiously added that “it has not been determined, at the time being, that there is a link […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Zambales on Thursday, March 11. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 3:24 p.m. It had its epicenter 60 kilometers southwest of Santa Cruz. It also had a depth of 16 kilometers. No damage to property was reported but aftershocks were.
(Eagle News) — The number of active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 47,769 on Thursday, March 11, after the Department of Health reported 3,749 additional cases. This is the highest number of COVID-19 additional cases reported in a day this year. Prior to this, the highest daily count in 2021 was at 3,439 on March 6. According to DOH data, of the active cases, 91.6 percent were mild, 4.4 percent asymptomatic, 1.6 percent were […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that there is no Brazilian variant of the COVID-19 virus that has been detected in the country. The clarification came after Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte announced on Wednesday the presence of the alleged variant in one case in the city. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that this is not the case, and corrected Belmonte. “We would like to clarify that we have not detected […]
(Eagle News) — The University of the Philippines-Diliman is closing its public spaces on specific days amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. In an advisory, UPD said the whole of Academic Oval, the College of Human Kinetics, the National Science Complex, the PAUW-UP Child Study Center, and bike routes, among others, will be closed to the public every Friday afternoon, starting 4 p.m., until Sunday evening “until further notice.” The university said the schedule of […]
by Harumi Ozawa with Sara Hussein in Tokyo HISANOHAMA, Japan (AFP) — Japan on Thursday marks 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country’s living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown that traumatized a nation. Around 18,500 people were killed or left missing in the disaster, most of them claimed by the towering waves that swept across swathes of the northeast coast after one of the strongest quakes ever recorded. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US businessman Warren Buffett on Wednesday joined the small circle of executives worth more than $100 billion, which also includes Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault and Bill Gates, Forbes magazine reported. The share price of his company Berkshire Hathaway reached a record level Wednesday, pushing his fortune to $100.3 billion — the first time that his net worth has crossed the $100 billion threshold. Buffett, 90, known as the […]
