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Manila city gov’t starts building its own storage facility for COVID-19 vaccines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZvvSXZ0pDw&feature=youtu.be   (Eagle News) — Manila City mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced the city has started to build its vaccine storage facility in preparation for its roll-out of vaccines against COVID-19. Mayor Domagoso said that the facility can accommodate various COVID-19 vaccines. He had also approved the purchase by the city government of 12 refrigeration systems and 50 units of transport coolers for COVID-19 vaccines. “We are building already the storage facility…. while we […]

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Canada’s Ontario province issues stay-at-home order

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s Ontario province, the country’s most populous and its economic engine, on Tuesday ordered residents to stay home as projections showed the number of Covid-19 cases could soon explode, overwhelming hospitals. “Our province is in crisis,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford told a news conference, at which he declared a month-long state of emergency. “The (health care) system is on the brink of collapse. It’s on the brink of being overwhelmed,” he […]

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Portuguese president tests negative after a Covid positive

  LISBON, Portugal (AFP) — Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has now tested negative for coronavirus after a positive test that saw him cancel all public engagements, his office said Tuesday, two weeks before an election he is set to win. The 72-year-old head of state had returned an “asymptomatic” positive test, officials said Monday, and he went into isolation in the presidential palace in Lisbon. However, according to the latest statement, the result […]

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PHL Red Cross holds pilot testing on saliva test for COVID-19; presses DOH to allow its use

(Eagle News) – The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) once again pressed the Department of Health to allow RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 through use of saliva samples, instead of the usual nasopharyngeal swabs, as its officials demonstrated how this was easier, more convenient, less invasive and cheaper. In a pilot test, PRC chair Senator Richard Gordon showed how it is easier to get saliva samples for RT-PCR tests. Only one milliliter of saliva is needed for […]

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NBA reviewing Irving party video as star’s absence goes on

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A video of Brooklyn Nets star guard Kyrie Irving was being reviewed by the NBA for Covid-19 safety violations as the playmaker missed a fourth consecutive game on Tuesday. Irving, whose absence from the team has been declared for personal reasons, has no firm date set to return, according to Nets general manager Sean Marks. “We are aware of a video on social media featuring Kyrie Irving at a […]

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Chinese coronavirus vaccine shows 50% efficacy in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — The Chinese-developed Coronavac Covid-19 vaccine has demonstrated a 50 percent efficacy following tests in Brazil, the organization in charge of its production in the South American country said on Tuesday. Coronavac has been given to frontline health care workers in close contact with coronavirus patients. The Butantan Institute repeated its claim from last week that the vaccine is 78 percent effective in preventing mild cases that needed treatment and showed […]

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Indonesia recovers first black box from crashed plane

by Dessy SAGITA Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A black box from the crashed Indonesian passenger jet has been recovered, officials said Tuesday, a discovery that could offer critical clues to explaining why the plane with 62 people aboard slammed into the sea. Divers just off the coast of the capital Jakarta hauled the jet’s flight data recorder to the surface, as the hunt continues for its cockpit voice recorder. Indonesian transport minister […]

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Global population hit by extreme drought set to double

  by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Available freshwater is on track to decline sharply across two-thirds of Earth’s land surface toward the end of the century mostly due to climate change, with the number of people exposed to extreme drought doubling, researchers have reported. Even under a scenario of moderate decline in greenhouse gas emissions, land area scorched by extreme to exceptional drought conditions increases from three to seven percent, […]

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China places 5 million more under lockdown to stamp out virus cluster

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese authorities sealed off a city of almost five million people and imposed strict travel restrictions on several others on Tuesday as they worked to quash a number of Covid-19 clusters near Beijing. The country had largely curbed the spread of the coronavirus, which first emerged in Wuhan in late 2019, with small outbreaks swiftly snuffed out using mass testing, local lockdowns and travel restrictions. But Hebei province in northern China […]

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DOH, PGC say UK and South African COVID-19 variants not yet detected in PHL

https://youtu.be/-BholJnjOWg (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Genome Center stressed that they have not detected the COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7 that was first detected in the United Kingdom in recent COVID-19 samples collected in the country. The PGC also said that it did not detect the South African variant in its biosurveillance of COVID-19 samples sent to their laboratories from October 31 to December 30 last year. The DOH issued this […]

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MRT-3 to soft-launch contact tracing app on January 18

(Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit-3 will soft-launch an app to facilitate contact tracing among commuters on January 18. But MRT-3 Director for Operations Michael J. Capati said passengers will still be given time to familiarize themselves with the MRT-3 Trace web-based application, so while they may download the same starting that date, full implementation is in February 2021. To register, the MRT-3 said passengers may access trace.dotrmrt3.gov.ph and fill out the forms with […]

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Several current, former PhilHealth officials face raps over “fraudulent claims” in Region 1 office

(Eagle News) — Task Force PhilHealth has endorsed a Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission report recommending the filing of charges against several current and former PhilHealth officials over allegedly fraudulent and membership insurance claims done in its Region 1 office. A statement from Justice Assistant Secretary Neal Bainto said the 25, who were not identified, are facing  criminal charges for falsification under Article 171 of the Revised Penal Code, malversation under Article 217 of the RPC, usurpation […]

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