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by Ella IDE Agence France Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy will give all its citizens free vaccinations against coronavirus starting with doctors and care home residents once the jabs are approved, its health minister said Wednesday. The immunisation drive is expected to begin in the spring. Italy will get its vaccines via an EU procurement programme and is waiting for the European Medicines Agency’s green light, Roberto Speranza said. Britain on Wednesday became […]
by Lisa MARTIN BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, under pressure from months of street protests, Wednesday survived a legal challenge over his living arrangements that could have seen him thrown out of office. The kingdom’s nine-member constitutional court ruled that Prayut was not guilty of conflict of interest by living in an army residence after leaving the military. “The status of General Prayut Chan-O-Cha as prime minister and defence minister remains […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lanka and southern India battened down the hatches for the second time in a week on Wednesday ahead of the scheduled arrival of another cyclone from the Bay of Bengal. Burevi will pack gusts of up to 100 kilometres (60 miles) an hour when it makes landfall late on Wednesday in Sri Lanka before moving west and hitting India around 24 hours later, forecasters said. Warning of a storm […]
by Jitendra JOSHI LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain on Wednesday became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, announcing a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s drug from next week in a historic advance for humanity’s fightback against the coronavirus. “Help is on its way,” health secretary Matt Hancock tweeted as his department announced emergency use approval by the UK’s independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). “The NHS (National Health […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 434,357 on Wednesday, Dec. 2, after the Department of Health reported 1438 additional cases. The DOH said of the total COVID-19 cases, 26,916 were active. Of these, 84.7 percent were mild, 7.1 percent asymptomatic, 5.2 percent critical, 2.7 percent severe, and 0.29 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 142, Laguna with 89, Quezon City with 80, Manila […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan will give free coronavirus vaccines to all of its residents under a bill passed Wednesday, as the nation battles record numbers of daily cases. The bill, which says the government will cover all vaccine costs for Japan’s 126 million residents, was approved by the upper house of parliament, having cleared the powerful lower house. The country has secured Covid-19 vaccines for 60 million people from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, and for […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed businessman RJ Jacinto as his telecommunications adviser. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said also back in government was Leoncio Evasco Jr., who will now assume the post of presidential adviser on streamlining of government processes. The President signed Jacinto’s appointment paper on Nov. 25, while Evasco’s paper was signed a day before. According to Roque, the Palace was “confident” that Jacinto would “ably and effectively discharge his duties […]
Parts of Visayas under rainfall advisory (Eagle News) — A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to at times heavy rains with lightning and strong winds are expected over portions of Sultan Kudarat, Zamboana del Sur and Basilan within the next one to two hours. PAGASA said these conditions are being experienced in Zamboanga del Norte (Gutalac, Labason, Liloy, Salug, Sindangan) and […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia has exited its first recession in almost 30 years, after official figures on Wednesday showed the economy grew 3.3 percent in July-September compared with the coronavirus-hit previous quarter. With local transmission of Covid-19 largely under control, official data showed businesses have begun to rebound and consumer spending has surged. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said household spending largely drove the economic bounce, rising 7.9 percent compared with the previous quarter. […]
by Issam Ahmed, with Erin Conroy in Paris Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States and Europe on Tuesday fleshed out plans to administer Covid-19 vaccines as soon as they gain approval, with a US panel recommending that health care workers and nursing home residents be given top priority. Hopes are high that shots could be ready for use before the end of the year, with two frontrunner vaccines — […]
(Eagle News) — Eight rockfall events were monitored at Mayon in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said sulfur dioxide emission was also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1. PHIVOLCS said sulfur dioxide emission was at 436 tons–below baseline average–on October 29. According to PHIVOLCS, overall, the Mayon edifice was “still inflated with respect to baseline parameters.” It reminded the public while no magmatic eruption was imminent, Mayon […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic and in the throes of a surge in cases, on Tuesday registered more than 2,500 deaths in a 24-hour period, the highest total since late April, Johns Hopkins University said. More than 180,000 new infections were recorded, according to real-time data provided by the Baltimore-based university at 8:30 pm (0130 GMT Wednesday). The last time the daily death toll […]
