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Brazil aims to buy 30 million Sputnik V, Covaxin shots

  BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — The Brazilian government announced Wednesday it was negotiating the purchase of 30 million coronavirus vaccine doses from Russia and India, after regulators made it easier for the treatments to win emergency-use authorizations. Until now, only the AstraZeneca/Oxford shot and China’s CoronaVac have been permitted in Brazil, the second-hardest-hit country after the US, with more than 226,000 deaths from Covid-19. Brazil’s health surveillance agency said it would no longer require final […]

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PNP: Convicted drug trafficker attacks prison official in Zamboanga, is killed as policemen respond

(Eagle News) — A convicted drug trafficker died after authorities were forced to retaliate when he attacked a prison official during search operations in a Bureau of Corrections facility in Zamboanga on Wednesday, Feb. 3. The Philippine National Police said Ronald Apariso Natividad, 48, was shot by police officers who responded to the call for help from BuCor Inspector Ave Akilit. Akilit was at that time among those conducting simultaneous Oplan Galugad operations inside Dorms […]

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World’s longest internet shutdown ends in parts of Myanmar

  YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — The world’s longest internet shutdown — affecting more than a million people for 19 months in one of Myanmar’s ethnic conflict zones — has come to an end, according to a mobile operator based in the region. The internet in parts of Myanmar’s troubled northern states of Rakhine and Chin was suspended in June 2019 following “emergency” orders issued by the telecoms department under Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government. […]

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George rebounds from tough loss as Clippers cruise past Cavaliers

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Paul George bounced back from a subpar contest and used it for motivation as the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday to avoid what would have been a season-first in back-to-back losses. George drained a season-high eight threes en route to 36 points as the Clippers crushed the Cavaliers 121-99 to remain the only team in the NBA not to have lost consecutive games. On Wednesday, the […]

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9.2 million vaccine doses secured from COVAX facility expected to arrive in PHL by April

(Eagle News) — Over nine million COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX facility are expected to arrive in the Philippines by April this year. The Department of Health said in a statement the 9.2 million vaccine doses are part of the 44 million vaccine doses allocated under the facility that aims to ensure all countries have access to COVID-19 vaccines. World Health Organization  Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said in the statement “the […]

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Firefighters hold off bushfire near Australia’s Perth

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A mammoth effort by Australian firefighters saved homes from an out-of-control bushfire near Perth overnight, authorities said Thursday, but warned strong winds and rough terrain posed an ongoing challenge. At least 81 homes have been destroyed in the blaze at the Perth Hills, on the eastern fringes of Australia’s fourth-biggest city, with surveys of areas burned earlier this week adding another 10 to the tally Thursday. Western Australia state Premier Mark […]

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President Duterte approves extension of no-disconnection policy for low-income lifeline customers

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the extension of the no-disconnection policy for “lifeliners” or low-income families who have low electricity consumption. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said this was the President’s decision on the recommendation of the Department of Energy during the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. “The President readily agreed given that electricity is a basic necessity our countrymen cannot live without,” he said. According to Nograles, lifeliners are those who consume 100 […]

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Full text: European Commission announcement of new regulation on vaccine export curbs

Editor’s Note: The following is the full text of the “Opening remarks by Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis at the press conference on the transparency and authorization mechanism for exports of COVID-19 vaccines” on Jan. 29, 2021. (Also see: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_21_312)     “Today the Commission has adopted an implementing Regulation making the export of certain products subject to an export authorisation. So this Regulation concerns the transparency and export of COVID-19 vaccines. The protection and safety […]

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WHO chief warns against “vaccine nationalism” as EU tries to stop vaccine exports

WHO says countries must work together as COVAX readies vaccine rollout (Eagle News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) Director General called on the world to seize the “window of opportunity” to defeat the pandemic through timely vaccine intervention, and thus prevent widespread transmission of the COVID-19 virus that had so far claimed more than 2 million lives. WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that life-saving vaccines are a very limited resource right now, […]

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Deaths in Navotas ammonia leak incident climb to two

(Eagle News) — The number of fatalities due to the ammonia leak in a facility in Navotas has risen to two. Mayor Toby Tiangco identified the second fatality in the incident in T.P. Marcelo Ice Plant and Cold Storage in Barangay North Bay Boulevard South on Wednesday as Joselito Jazareno. Vonne Villanueva, chief of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said in a radio interview the body of the 54-year-old electrician employed at […]

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Oxford to run trial alternating Covid-19 vaccines

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Oxford University announced on Thursday it will launch a medical trial alternating doses of Covid-19 vaccines created by different manufacturers, the first study of its kind. The trial will show whether different Covid doses — those created by the Astrazeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech pharmaceutical companies — can be used interchangeably to allow greater flexibility in pressured vaccine delivery schedules. The British government’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, said the […]

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UK govt says vaccine roll-out passes 10 million

LONDON, United States (AFP) — More than 10 million people have received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine across Britain, according to government figures published on Wednesday. The health ministry said 10,021,471 people have had a jab since the start of a mass vaccination campaign in early December. A further 498,962 have had a second dose. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has set a target of vaccinating 15 million of the most vulnerable by […]

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