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240 more private firms join part 2 of tripartite deal with PHL gov’t and AstraZeneca

Total of 6 million vaccine doses from AstraZeneca assured https://youtu.be/O3nI8NEWq4M   (Eagle News) – The number of private companies which had joined the second batch of the tripartite agreement with the Philippine governemnt to buy COVID-19 vaccines from the United Kingdom’s AstraZeneca had increased to around 240. Presidential adviser on enterpreneurship Secretary Joey Concepcion said that these 240 private companies are included in the second batch of their private sector initiative to negotiate with AstraZeneca. […]

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Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccine 78% effective in final stage clinical trials in Brazil, says officials

  SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine CoronaVac showed at least 78-percent effectiveness in final-stage clinical trials in Brazil, officials announced Thursday, saying they would apply for emergency approval from the Brazilian regulatory agency to begin a vaccination campaign. “This is a historic day, a day of hope,” Sao Paulo state Governor Joao Doria told a news conference announcing the results. He said his state’s vaccination campaign would begin on January 25, though […]

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PHL COVID-19 cases reach 491,258; 44 more recover

(Eagle News) –COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 491,000 mark on Tuesday, January 12, after the Department of Health reported 1524 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 491,258 total cases, 23,532 were active. Of these, 85.1 percent were mild, 5.5 percent asymptomatic, 5.7 percent critical, 3.2 percent severe, and 0.54 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 137, Quezon City with 109, Rizal with […]

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Indonesian divers hunt for crashed plane’s black boxes

  by Dessy SAGITA Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian divers returned Tuesday to a wreckage-littered seabed off Jakarta in their hunt for the black boxes that will likely be key to unlocking the mystery of why a passenger jet carrying 62 people fell from the sky. Some 3,600 personnel are taking part in the recovery effort, assisted by dozens of boats and helicopters flying over small islands off the capital’s coast. Underwater […]

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Crew on crashed Indonesian passenger jet did not declare emergency

  by Haeril HALIM Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — The crew of an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed off Jakarta at the weekend with 62 people aboard did not declare an emergency or report technical problems before it suddenly plunged into the sea, an investigator said Monday. Authorities have so far been unable to explain why the 26-year-old plane crashed just four minutes after takeoff, but say they’ve pinpointed the location of the […]

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Japan says working to isolate, analyse new virus variant

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan is working to isolate and analyze a new variant of the coronavirus detected in four people who arrived from Brazil, a health ministry official said Tuesday. Japan announced the detection of the new variant on Sunday, but officials have been at pains to emphasize there is no evidence yet that it is any more transmissible or dangerous than others. “In order to further analyze the variant, we need to isolate […]

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PHL adds China, four other countries to list of areas with travel restrictions

(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has added five more countries to its list of countries subject to travel restrictions following reports of the new COVID-19 virus strains. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said according to data from the Office of the Executive Secretary, foreign travelers from China, Pakistan, Jamaica, Luxembourg, and Oman are now also temporarily banned from entering the Philippines. With their addition, the number of countries subject to the same travel restrictions for […]

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Portuguese president tests positive for coronavirus

  LISBON, Portugal (AFP) — Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for coronavirus and cancelled all public engagements, his office announced late Monday just two weeks before a presidential election he is expected to win. The 72-year-old head of state was “asymptomatic” and isolating in the presidential palace in Lisbon, his office said in a statement. Last Wednesday, he had spent a few hours in “administrative isolation” after a member of his […]

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Malaysian king declares state of emergency to fight virus

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s king Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency to fight a surge in coronavirus cases that threatens to overwhelm the country’s healthcare system. Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah “is of the opinion that the Covid-19 outbreak in the country is at a very critical stage and that there was a need for the emergency,” said a statement from the national palace. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin had requested an emergency […]

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21 more police personnel recover from COVID-19

(Eagle News) — Twenty-one more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery tally to 8944. Twenty-nine additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 9306. Of these, 334 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll due to COVID-19 among police personnel remains at 28. The government has said it was targeting COVID-19 vaccination of 50 to 60 […]

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Trump, Pence signal common front with Oval Office meeting

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump and his deputy Mike Pence met Monday evening in the Oval Office, a senior official said, signaling a common front as Democrats press the vice president to have the president removed from office as unfit. “The two had a good conversation,” the administration official said of the meeting, their first since last week’s assault on the US Capitol. According to the official, Trump has no intention of resigning […]

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DFA reports four more COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos

(Eagle News) — Four more overseas Filipinos have contracted COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 tally among Filipinos abroad to 13,022. Recoveries also climbed to 8461, including the additional one. An additional death pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 935. According to the DFA, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths among overseas Filipinos, with 7716, 4691, and […]

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