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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia will impose strict new curbs in over half the country to fight a coronavirus surge, the prime minister said Monday, warning the country’s healthcare system was at “breaking point”. It joins other Asian nations, from Japan to Australia, which kept their outbreaks under control in the early stages but have been forced to introduce new measures in recent days. Malaysia had relaxed restrictions as infections fell to almost zero […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 489,000 mark on Monday, January 11, after the Department of Health reported 2052 additional cases. Of the 489,736 additional cases, 22,114 were active. Of these, 84.3 percent were active, 5.6 percent asymptomatic, 6.2 percent critical, 3.4 percent severe, and 0.58 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 140, Quezon City with 93, Cavite with 87, Laguna with […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Ten World Health Organization scientists will visit China from Thursday to probe the origins of Covid-19, authorities said, more than a year after the pandemic began and amid accusations, Beijing delayed the investigation. The WHO team “will conduct joint research cooperation on the origins of covid 19 with Chinese scientists,” the National Health Commission said in a statement. The long-awaited mission — which has been under discussion since last year — […]
EUA process for AstraZeneca may be completed mid-January (Eagle News) — The Food and Drug Administration said the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will be out in one to two days. Food and Drug Administration chief Eric Domingo made the announcement on Monday, January 11, during the Senate inquiry into the country’s roadmap for a COVID-19 vaccination. According to Domingo, the processing of the EUA for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, for its part, […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine vaccine czar Calito Galvez Jr., said that the first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in the country will be by February 20, and that the vaccines will be administered by the “third or fourth week of February”. In a senate hearing probing the National plan on COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, January 11, 2021, Galvez said that there are still negotiations on their final stages but that they cannot disclose details about […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Thursday received a Covid-19 vaccine jab, more than three weeks after the kingdom kicked off a three-phase inoculation program, official media said. King Salman, 85, “received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine,” in the futuristic Red Sea city of Neom, the Saudi Press Agency said. Official media published pictures and videos showing the king receiving the injection. Saudi Arabia launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign […]
by Haeril HALIM Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian divers searched waters off Jakarta Monday in a hunt for black boxes from the passenger jet with 62 people aboard that crashed at the weekend, as investigators took up the grim task of identifying victims’ mangled remains. Finding the boxes — cockpit voice and flight data recorders — could offer crucial clues as to why the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plunged some 10,000 […]
KOROR, Palau (AFP) — The remote Pacific nation of Micronesia recorded its first case of Covid-19 on Monday, ending its run as one of the few places on Earth without the coronavirus. President David Panuelo acknowledged the development was “alarming” for the country’s 100,000 inhabitants but said the case had been contained at the border. “For this reason, citizens across the nation should remain calm,” he said in a televised address. “Do not panic because […]
(Eagle News) — The policeman who shot dead two of his neighbors in Paniqui, Tarlac over “boga” has been dismissed from the service. Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas said Jonel Nuezca’s dismissal was effective today, January 11. He said the dismissal was implemented by the National Capital Region Police Office. Earlier, the PNP said its Internal Affairs Service had recommended Nuezca’s dismissal, but that the final decision rested on NCRPO chief Vicente Danao Jr. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The first Philippine eagle bred in captivity in an effort to save one of the world’s most endangered birds has died from infections, conservationists said Friday. The raptor named “Pag-asa” or “Hope” was hatched in 1992 at a sanctuary run by the Philippine Eagle Foundation on the outskirts of the southern city of Davao. Pag-asa would have turned 29 next week. The Philippines’ national bird, known for its elongated nape feathers […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kawhi Leonard scored a team high 35 points and surpassed 10,000 career points as the Los Angeles Clippers rallied to edge the Chicago Bulls 130-127 in the NBA on Sunday. Leonard earned the bulk of his points during an explosive third quarter in which he scored 21, a career high for one quarter. He finished with seven three-pointers in the game, including one in the third period that allowed […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she would push ahead with efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office during the final days of his administration after his supporters’ violent attack on the Capitol. Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, said there would be a resolution in the House of Representatives on Monday calling for the cabinet to remove Trump as unfit for office under the constitution’s 25th amendment. […]
