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ROME, Italy (AFP) — Storms hit much of northern Italy on Monday while business hub Milan woke up to a thick layer of snow. Around 20 centimetres(8 inches) of snow fell in the city, where a 76-year-old homeless man died in hospital after being found in the street. Falling trees disrupted traffic, with local authorities deploying dozens of snowploughs to clear main thoroughfares. The storms caused tailbacks on several motorways, notably the A26 bound for […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Clinical trials to determine the safety and efficacy of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate from American biotech company Novavax have begun in the United States and Mexico, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Monday. A similar Phase 3 trial for the same vaccine, called NVX-CoV2373, is also under way in the United Kingdom, where about 15,000 volunteers have been recruited. In the US and Mexico, the new trials will […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — Jordan has ordered one million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech novel coronavirus vaccine, with the first shipment expected at the end of January or early February, the health minister said Monday. Jordan has recorded 289,748 cases of the Covid-19 disease, including 3,778 deaths, and the numbers continue to rise daily. “Jordan will receive one million vaccines from Pfizer-BionNTech in instalments from January or early February,” said Health Minister Nazir Obeidat in remarks […]
New quarantine protocols subject to appeal by LGUs (Eagle News) — Malacanang released the community quarantine classifications for January next year which includes the retention of General Community Quarantine in Metro Manila, Davao City and eight other areas. Aside from Metro Manila and Davao City, the following areas will remain under GCQ: Isabela, Santiago City, Batangas, Iloilo City, Tacloban City, Lanao del Sur, Iligan City, and Davao del Norte. All other areas are still […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget that provides funds for the government’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout and infrastructure development for next year. The signing ceremony happened on Monday, Dec. 28, attended by members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. “I stand before you today happy and proud to sign the 2021 General Appropriations Act,” President Duterte said in his message. -P72.5-B budget for COVID-19 vaccine […]
Chinese-made vaccines used not yet registered with FDA (Eagle News) –- The Presidential Security Group defended its move to have its members vaccinated against COVID-19, noting that it needed to ensure that President Rodrigo Duterte would be protected from the highly infectious virus. In a statement, PSG Commander Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III, said that who were vaccinated were the close-in security of the President since they should not pose as a threat to his […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 470,000 mark on Monday, December 28, after the Department of Health reported 766 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 470,650 cases, 22746 were active. Of these, 80 percent were mild, 10.4 percent were asymptomatic, six percent were critical, 3.2 percent were severe, and 0.44 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 60, Quezon City […]
(Eagle News) — Soldiers who are part of the Presidential Security Group were among those vaccinated against COVID-19, the Armed Forces of the Philippines confirmed on Monday, December 28. According to AFP spokesperson Maj. Gen. Edgar Arevalo, this was “owing to the nature of their mission and function.” “As the unit primarily tasked to protect and secure the highest official of the land, the PSG will have to ensure that the President is safe from […]
(Eagle News) — A 39-year-old man was hurt after an explosion ripped through a computer shop in Kalinga on Sunday, December 27, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Allen Chaclag was injured after an MK2 grenade exploded at HED Computer Repair Shop at Purok 6, Bulanao, Tabuk City at 7:45 a.m. The Tabuk police responded and secured the blast site. The PNP said it has held for questioning a person who, based […]
ZAGREB, Croatia (AFP) — An 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled central Croatia and the capital Zagreb early Monday morning, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, with initial reports indicating no casualties. The tremor was felt at 530 GMT in Zagreb, with an epicentre some 50 kilometres south outside the town of Sisak, home to some 35,000 people, EMSC reported. “We have not yet been informed of damage,” Kresimir Kuk, head of the Croatian Seismological Institute, told the […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia has extended its suspension of commercial passenger flights by at least one week and possibly two amid concerns over a new variant of the coronavirus. Saudi Arabi will however allow flights in “exceptional cases”, an interior ministry official said according to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Sunday. Foreigners will be allowed to depart the kingdom and cargo movement will be permitted, it added. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Plans to let thousands of frontline workers ring in the new year around Sydney Harbour were ditched Monday as authorities work to suppress a growing cluster of virus cases in Australia’s most populous city. Ordinarily, hundreds of thousands of eager partiers flock to vantage points for the midnight fireworks launched from the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Although allowing the usual hordes of revellers had been ruled out this year, officials had plans […]
