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DILG sets eyes on zero firecracker-related injuries

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government is targeting zero firecracker-related injuries for the holidays. Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, DILG spokesperson, made the statement on Friday, Dec. 18, as the DILG ordered police units to confiscate illegal fireworks and make arrests “when necessary.” The department said illegal fireworks include watusi, piccolo, giant whistle bomb, large Judas belt, super lolo, lolo thunder, atomic bomb, giant bawang, atomic bomb triangulo, boga, kwiton, pillbox, […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Friday, December 18

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, December 18: Flight schedules may be subject to changes at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled. It said only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The government has eased restrictions on travel, with domestic flights allowed but subject to […]

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US panel recommends emergency approval of Moderna Covid vaccine

by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US panel of experts on Thursday voted to recommend emergency approval of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for six million doses to start shipping as soon as this weekend. The Food and Drug Administration is now expected to imminently grant an emergency use authorization (EUA), which would make Moderna’s vaccine the second to be approved in a Western country. The panel voted 20 in favor, […]

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Biden aide tests positive for coronavirus: transition team

WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming White House senior advisor, congressman Cedric Richmond, has tested positive for Covid-19 after having open-air “interactions” with Biden, the transition team said Thursday. Richmond traveled independently to the state of Georgia to campaign Tuesday with Biden for a pair of Democrats in tight runoff elections against incumbent Republican senators. “Richmond’s interactions with the president-elect happened in open air, were masked and totaled less than 15 […]

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US hospital converts nearby parking lot into Covid care facility

RENO, United States (AFP) — To cope with an influx of coronavirus patients, a hospital in Reno in the western US state of Nevada has transformed two floors of a nearby parking garage into a care unit dealing with patients experiencing less severe symptoms. The space gives Renown Health Hospital patients and staff a secure environment that has direct access to key hospital facilities — lab, pharmacy, food services — while freeing up intensive care […]

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‘Villages destroyed’ as super cyclone hits Fiji

SUVA, Fiji (AFP) — Super cyclone Yasa flattened entire villages as it tore through Fiji, but there were no initial reports of casualties, aid agencies in the Pacific island nation said Friday. The top-of-the-scale Category Five storm made landfall on Fiji’s second-largest island Vanua Levu late Thursday, packing winds gusts of up to 345 kilometers an hour (210 miles an hour). The eye of the slow-moving cyclone took about four hours to gouge its way […]

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P4.506-trillion nat’l budget for 2021 now ready for Duterte’s signature

Sotto, Velasco sign bill that includes funds for gov’t COVID response for next year   (Eagle News) — Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have already signed the bill on the P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021 which is to be transmitted to Malacanang for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature by tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Both Senate President Vicente Sotto III and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco have already signed the General Appropriations Act […]

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Saudi Arabia kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaign

  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia kicked off a three-phase Covid-19 vaccination programme Thursday, with the health minister among those inoculated after the first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in the kingdom. Along with Health Minister Tawfiq al-Rabiah, a woman in a wheelchair and another man were among the first to be administered the vaccine at a centre in Riyadh, an AFP photographer reported. “This is the beginning of the end of […]

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Vietnam’s pharmaceutical firm starts human trial of coronavirus vaccine

  HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — A Vietnamese pharmaceutical company began testing a coronavirus vaccine on volunteers in Hanoi on Thursday, as developing countries jostle with richer nations to access affordable inoculations. Nanogen’s Nanocovax is one of four under development in Vietnam, and a company representative said it is expected to cost around $5 a dose. Three volunteers received the jab on Thursday and will be monitored for 72 hours at the Vietnam Military Medical University. […]

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French president Macron tests positive for Covid-19

  PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, the presidency said, adding that he would now self-isolate for the next week. “The president tested positive for Covid-19 today,” it said in a statement, adding that he had been tested after the “onset of the first symptoms”. Macron will now, in accordance with national regulations, “self isolate for seven days. He will continue to work and carry out […]

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PHL plans first vaccine roll-out by March, but bulk of over 60M doses to come in by May to July

  (Eagle News) – The Philippines will get more than the 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines needed for the mass vaccination next year in the country, and sees the first roll-out of vaccines by March. This was according to vaccine czar and the chief implementer of the National Action Plan against COVID-19 Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. In his report to President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday night, Dec. 16, Galvez said that once the contracts […]

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PHL COVID-19 cases reach 454,447; 633 more recover

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 454,000 mark on Thursday, December 17, after the Department of Health reported 1470 additional cases. The DOH said of the 454,447 cases, 25695 were active. Of these, 84.8 percent were mild, 6.9 percent were asymptomatic, 5.4 percent were critical, 2.7 percent were severe, 0.3 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 74, Rizal with 64, Makati […]

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