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Brazilian institute says Chinese vaccine effective

    SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Clinical trials of the CoronaVac coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese laboratory Sinovac have “reached the efficacy threshold” demanded by the World Health Organization, the Brazilian institute charged with its production and distribution said on Wednesday. However, the Butantan Institute didn’t publish the results of those trials — the last before authorization. “We’re reached the efficacy threshold that allows us to seek an emergency use” authorization from Brazil’s Anvisa […]

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104 more Filipinos abroad recover from COVID-19

(Eagle News) — Over 100 more Filipinos abroad have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional 104 recoveries pushed the COVID-19 recovery total among overseas Filipinos to 8333. Eighty-one more cases, however, also pushed the COVID-19 total to 12820. Twenty-four more fatalities led to an increase in the COVID-19 death toll among Filipinos overseas,  now at 911. “The reported increase is due to late reports due to privacy concerns in Europe […]

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One million vaccinated as US eyes return to normal next summer

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — More than a million Americans have received the first dose of their Covid-19 vaccines, a senior official said Wednesday, as the US eyes a return to normal by next summer. The news comes as the winter surge in cases rages across the country, where the virus has claimed more than 320,000 lives and is on course to be the third leading cause of death in the year. Centers for Disease […]

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Police nab suspect in killing of 20-year-old student in Maguindanao

Another suspect still at large, PNP says (Eagle News) — The police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a 20-year-old student in Maguindanao. Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas said Rafzanjani Bayona Tatak was nabbed in Cotabato City on December 22, a day after the body of Mondjahid Tauf, 20, was discovered in a shallow grave in a farm in Barangay Kibucay, Upi. The police discovered the victim’s remains following a tip from two […]

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PNP reports 28 more COVID-19 recoveries

(Eagle News) — Twenty-eight more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the PNP COVID-19 recovery total rose to 8443. Forty additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 8793. Of these, 323 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 27. The government has said uniformed personnel–including policemen—were among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination program should a […]

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Northeast monsoon affecting extreme N. Luzon

(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan Valley and the Cordillera Administrative Region, as a result, will have cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms, this time due to localized […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, December 24

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, December 24: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA advised passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled. According to MIAA, only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. The government has eased restrictions on travel, with domestic travel allowed but subject to the requirements […]

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Telegram messaging app to launch pay-for services in 2021

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Encrypted messaging app Telegram will launch pay-for services in 2021, its Russian-born founder Pavel Durov said Wednesday, as the growing company needed “at least a few hundred million dollars per year”. “Telegram will begin to generate revenue, starting next year,” Durov said in a statement. “We will be able to launch countless new features and welcome billions of new users.” Durov, 36, said he did not plan to sell the […]

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Singapore gets Asia’s first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses

  SINGAPORE (AFP) — Singapore received Asia’s first delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday, capping what the city-state’s premier said had been a “long and arduous” year spent fighting the pandemic. The trade and finance hub last week joined a handful of other countries around the world, including Britain and the United States, which have approved the jab. It plans to innoculate its 5.7 million people by the third quarter of 2021, with […]

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PHL COVID-19 tally climbs to 464,004; 564 more recover

(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ COVID-19 tally rose to 464,004 on Wednesday, December 23, after the Department of Health reported 1,196 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases as of 4 p.m., 5.4 percent or 24,984 were active. Of these, 81.8 percent were mild, 9.5 percent asymptomatic, 5.5 percent critical, 2.9 percent severe, and 0.32 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 123, Rizal […]

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EU starts to ease bans over UK virus strain; WHO to meet

  by Martine PAUWELS with Agence France Presse bureaus LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Europe on Wednesday began lifting travel bans on Britain put in place to contain a new fast-spreading Covid strain while WHO experts were set to meet on a response to it. Meanwhile, in the United States, President Donald Trump rejected a massive Covid economic relief package passed by Congress, branding it “a disgrace” as millions of Americans are suffering fallout from […]

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DILG vows to hold Parañaque cop caught on video shooting mother, son in Tarlac liable

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, December 23, vowed to hold accountable Police Master Sergent Jonel Nuezca, who was caught on video shooting dead a mother and her son during an argument in Tarlac. “..Itong si Nuezca ay tiyak na mabubulok sa kulungan tulad ng mga nauna ng tinanggal at kinasuhan ng PNP,” Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said. According to Año, 16,839 policemen have been sanctioned since 2016. […]

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