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OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — In his first call to a foreign leader as US President, Joe Biden spoke with Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau Friday on a number of topics and made plans to continue the conversation next month, Ottawa and Washington said in separate statements. During the conversation, which Canada said lasted approximately 30 minutes, the two leaders covered everything from the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to the closure of the US-Canada border […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 511,000 mark on Saturday, Jan. 23, after the Department of Health reported 1797 additional cases. Of the total 511,679 cases, the DOH said 33603 were active. Of the active cases, 82.6 percent were mild, 11 percent asymptomatic, 3.8 percent critical, 2.2 percent severe, and 0.41 percent moderate. Davao City had the most COVID-19 cases reported today, with 151; Quezon City with 90; Rizal with 80; Isabela with […]
by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Pfizer announced Friday that it will provide up to 40 million of its Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries on a non-profit basis, through the globally-pooled Covax facility. While dozens of the world’s richer countries have begun their vaccination campaigns in a bid to curb the pandemic, coronavirus jabs have been few and far between in the world’s poorer nations. Covax — the globally-pooled coronavirus […]
(Eagle News)–Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among Filipinos abroad. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional 127 cases pushed the COVID-19 total cases among overseas Filipinos to 13760. Forty-six additional recoveries pushed the COVID-19 recovery tally of Filipinos overseas to 8784. “The reported spike is due to another surge in COVID-19 cases reported in one country in Europe,” the DFA said. No additional deaths were reported which means the death toll […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan, Cordillera Administrative Region and Ilocos region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the tail-end of a frontal system affecting the eastern section of Northern Luzon. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said extreme Northern […]
(Eagle News) — The mayor of Tuguegarao City has tested positive for COVID-19. The Tuguegarao City Information Office said Mayor Jefferson Soriano was fetched from city hall by an ambulance on Friday, Jan. 23, to be brought to the isolation unit of the People’s General Hospital after his swab test results. The post said Soriano, his security aide and his driver took the swab test the day before. Earlier, the post said Soriano’s office was […]
(Eagle News) — The mother and the girlfriend of the Quezon City resident who was found positive for the UK COVID-19 variant upon arrival from Dubai have tested negative for the variant. This is according to the Quezon City government, which made the announcement in a Facebook post on Friday night. “Patuloy na imomonitor ng mga doktor ang kanilang kalagayan, at tatapusin na lamang ang kanilang quarantine sa isolation facility,” the local government said. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty-one more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 9244. Forty-two additional cases, however, pushed the COVID-19 total cases among police personnel to 9757. Of these, 485 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 28. The government has said it was targeting COVID-19 vaccination of 50 to 60 percent of the […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Friday night. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 8:46 p.m., was an aftershock of the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck offshore on Jan. 21. The aftershock had an epicenter 262 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. It had a depth of 135 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Jan. 23: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled. It said only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The Philippines has so far imposed travel restrictions on over 30 countries following reports of the UK […]
(Eagle News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking a review of the reports on deaths in frail elderly individuals who had received the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement on Friday, Jan. 22, WHO said that the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) has already met early this week for the review. The GACVS is a group of experts that provides independent and authoritative guidance to WHO on the matter of […]
(Eagle News) — Health authorities confirmed the United Kingdom COVID-19 virus variant has been detected in 16 other COVID-19 cases in the country. A statement from the Department of Health on Friday night said this was also confirmed by the Philippine Genome Center and the University of the Philippines-National Institute of Health. The statement said of the 16 additional cases, 12 were from Bontoc, Mountain Province, two were returning overseas Filipinos, while two were detected […]
