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by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s coronavirus caseload passed nine million on Friday, as hospitals in the capital New Delhi came under increasing pressure and graveyards began to fill up. The world’s second-worst-hit country has now also registered more than 132,000 deaths from the disease, according to the latest official figures, which are widely seen as understating the true scale of infection. India has seen a drop in […]
(Eagle News) – The vaccine expert panel of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has recommended China’s Sinovac vaccine for COVID-19 to have its clinical trials here in the country, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA Director General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that of the five COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers or developers from various countries, it was Sinovac so far which has passed the evaluation by the panel and recommended to […]
(Eagle News)–The government is targeting vaccinating 50 to 60 percent of the population for COVID-19. In an interview on Friday, Nov. 20, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said this was an increase from the initial 20 percent discussed. With the vaccination of 50 to 60 percent, Vergeire said the Philippines was hoping to achieve herd immunity, or resistance to the spread of an infectious disease because of the high number of individuals immune to the […]
(Eagle News)–Operations of the Metro Rail Transit-3 will be suspended from Nov. 28 to 30. The MRT-3 issued the reminder on Friday, Nov. 20, days before the scheduled suspension. The MRT-3 said the temporary shutdown was to give way to the “turnout activity” scheduled at Taft station. Turnouts are used to allow trains to switch from one track to the other. The MRT-3 said the activity was part of the massive rehabilitation of the railway […]
(Eagle News)–Davao City is again under a general community quarantine following the rise in COVID-19 cases there. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the quarantine status will remain in effect until Nov. 30. Roque said Melquiades Feliciano, Deputy Chief Implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19 for Bacolod and Cebu, has been assigned to head the Coordinated Operations to Defeat the Epidemic teams to be deployed in Davao City. He said a […]
(Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary William Dar said that they are mobilizing more food supplies from areas which were not hit by the recent strong typhoons that hit Luzon. Dar said that “highland vegetables” or those coming from the Cordillera region were not that damaged by the recent typhoons, and that they just need to be transported to the various markets in Luzon. The agriculture chief said that the slight rise in prices at […]
(Eagle News)–Three volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Kanlaon in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, was sulfur dioxide emission on Nov. 19. PHIVOLCS sajd the emission was at an average of 187 tons per day. A slight inflation of the lower and mid slopes since June 2020, and inflation on the lower to mid slopes that began on June 21 […]
(Eagle News) — Prices of vegetables spiked in the recent days because in the aftermath of successive strong typhoons that ravaged the country, damaging vast areas of agricultural land. Some prices even almost doubled including vegetables coming from Baguio and the Mountain Province, and other vegetables used in local dishes and sources in Luzon that had been badly hit by Typhoon Rolly and Ulysses. The effect can be seen in local markets. A visit […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The anti-viral drug remdesivir should not be used to treat Covid-19 patients no matter how severe their illness as it has “no important effect” on survival chances, the World Health Organization said Friday. Scratching one of the few treatments that had shown some initial promise in severe patients, a WHO Guideline Development Group (GDG) of international experts said there was “no evidence based on currently available data that it does improve […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump will take part on Friday in the virtual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, a senior US official said, as the president continues to reject the results of this month’s election. The APEC forum, hosted this year by Malaysia but held online because of the Covid-19 pandemic, brings together 21 Pacific Rim countries, accounting for about 60 percent of global GDP. “President Trump will participate in tomorrow’s virtual APEC […]
by Jerome Cartillier with Michael Mathes and Shaun Tandon in Washington Agence France Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday accused Donald Trump of brazenly damaging democracy as the incumbent pressed on with a campaign to reverse his election loss through fraud claims and personal outreach to election authorities. Trump is behind “incredibly damaging messages being sent to the rest of the world about how democracy functions,” Biden told […]
by Yann Schreiber with AFP bureaus FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — The German maker of a top coronavirus vaccine said on Thursday its jab could be delivered as early as December, offering more promising news even as virus deaths in the world’s worst-affected country, the United States, passed a quarter of a million. A slew of positive clinical vaccine trials is building hope for an end to the pandemic that has killed more than […]
