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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 458,000 mark after the Department of Health reported 1491 additional cases. The DOH said of the 458,044 total cases, 28047 were active. Of these 83.4 percent were mild, 8.8 percent were asymptomatic, 4.9 percent critical, 2.5 percent severe, and 0.3 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 129, Rizal with 102, Benguet with 81, Davao City […]
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AFP) — Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic said Friday he had tested positive for Covid-19, a week after he attended an EU summit in Brussels. The summit is believed to be where French President Emmanuel Macron caught the virus, leading a host of European leaders and top French officials to go into self-isolation. “Today, I am one of you,” Matovic wrote on his Facebook page, attaching a screenshot of a text message […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Parts of Sydney were heading into a fresh lockdown on Saturday as officials in Australia’s most populous city said they hoped the restrictions would be enough to control a growing outbreak in time for Christmas. As a cluster of cases on the city’s northern beaches grew to 38, residents were ordered to stay at home from late Saturday until midnight on Wednesday, other than for essential reasons. “We’re hoping that […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is monitoring the effects of Tropical Depression “Vicky,” the Palace said on Saturday, December 19. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said government agencies were for their part on track to providing rescue and relief operations to affected residents. As of December 18, 2020, 6 p.m., he said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office (CO), Field Offices (FOs), and National Resource Operations Center (NROC) […]
(Eagle News) — Several flights for Saturday, December 19, have been cancelled due to the inclement weather. The Manila International Airport Authority said the following are cancelled: PAL Express (2P) 2P 2889/2890 Manila-Ozamiz-Manila 2P 2923/2924 Manila-Legazpi-Manila Signal No. 1 is raised over parts of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao due to Tropical Depression “Vicky.” MIAA earlier advised passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the […]
(Eagle News) — More areas in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao were under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 as Tropical Depresion “Vicky” continues to move westward as it newared Cagayancillo Islands. As of 7 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 19, the center of Tropical Depression “VICKY” was estimated based on all available data at 240 km West of Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte or 285 km East Southeast of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, according to PAGASA’s 8 […]
by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Friday authorized Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for six million doses of a second vaccine to soon begin shipping across the hardest-hit country in the world. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chief Stephen Hahn said: “With the availability of two vaccines now for the prevention of Covid-19, the FDA has taken another crucial step in […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Vicky” is now over the Bohol Sea and may make landfall again before reaching the Sulu Sea. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the center of the tropical depression was estimated 75 km west northwest of El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental or 75 km east of Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, and is moving west northwest at 40 kph. PAGASA said it may make landfall over the Siquijor-Negros […]
Interventions needed to prevent high number of daily cases https://youtu.be/XdjmHTvB1iU (Eagle News) — The Department of Health warned the public that COVID-19 cases are starting to spike again due to more movement of people, and more people disregarding health protocols with the start of the holiday season. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that COVID-19 cases can rise to as many as 4,000 per day in Metro Manila alone if there would be no […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Burundi’s former president Pierre Buyoya has died in Paris of Covid-19 at the age of 71, relatives said Friday, just weeks after he resigned as the African Union’s special envoy to Mali and the Sahel. Buyoya, who was credited with helping push democracy in the small African country but was accused of involvement in his successor’s assassination, was hospitalised in Mali’s capital Bamako on Wednesday, a family member told AFP. […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Vicky” is now traversing Monkayo, Davao de Oro after it made landfall in the vicinity of Baganga, Davao Oriental on Friday afternoon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration said Signal No. 1 is hoisted over the following areas as “Vicky” moves west northwest at 15 kph, and is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 75 kph: Luzon The northern and […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 456,000 mark on Friday, December 18, after the Department of Health reported 2122 more cases. Of the 456,562 total cases, 27,021 were active. Of these, 84 percent were mild, 8 percent were asymptomatic, 5.1 percent were critical, 2.5 percent were severe, and 0.31 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 160, Rizal with 105, Bulacan with […]
