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(Eagle News) –Ospital ng Tondo will be temporarily closed for ten days. Mayor Isko Moreno said this was after 32 doctors and nurses contracted COVID-19. “So para po ay kahit papaano ay makahinga at mapanatag ang kalooban ng ating mga medical frontliners at upang sila po ay mabigyan ng panahon na makarecover, atin pong pansamantalang isasara ang Ospital ng Tondo.,” he said. He said patients will not be temporarily accepted unless in life and death […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AFP) — Muja has lived through multiple bombing campaigns and several countries — all while never leaving a tiny pool in Belgrade’s zoo for 83 years, making him the world’s oldest captive alligator. While zookeepers don’t know his exact hatch day, the reptile arrived in Belgrade this week in August of 1937 from a German zoo. “He’s an older gentleman and we respect his age,” Jozef Edvedj, the zoo’s veterinarian, told AFP with […]
by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The WHO on Thursday urged countries to invest billions of dollars in searching for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments — calling it a snip compared to the vast economic cost of the coronavirus crisis. The World Health Organization insisted it was a smarter bet than the trillions of dollars being thrown at handling the consequences of the global pandemic. The UN agency’s chief Tedros Adhanom […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 300 Filipinos from the United Arab Emirates recently. The DFA said the 342 FIlipinos were brought home via a Philippine Airlines flight, PR 8659, on Aug. 5. The flight arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, at 11:55 AM (Manila time). According to the DFA, the bulk of the passengers were those who availed of the United Arab Emirates government’s amnesty for overstaying residence […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte will only be able get vaccinated with the Russian-made “Sputnik V” vaccine against COVID-19 in May next year after this has passed clinical trials and had been approved for distribution by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to Malacanang. But for the clinical trials that would start in October and will last until March next year, there will be about 1,000 Filipinos who will volunteer for this […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Department of Health launched on Friday, Aug. 14, a national advocacy campaign that aims to instill discipline among citizens amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said under the “BIDA ang may Disiplina: Solusyon sa COVID-19” campaign launched in Marikina, local government units should organize Disiplina brigades in barangays to urge residents to comply with community health standards. […]
(Eagle News)–The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, and Zamboanga Peninsula will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to light to moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. According to PAGASA, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, Aug. 14: MIAA said flight schedules may be subject to changes at any given time so the public should monitor the MIAA Facebook page for updates. Passengers were also advised to get confirmation of their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed to enter the airport premises. […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico on Thursday surpassed half a million confirmed cases of COVID-19 after registering 7,371 new infections in 24 hours, authorities said. The country now has 505,293 cases overall, with 55,293 deaths, the Ministry of Health said. © Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — If a COVID-19 vaccine is proven effective, the US will ensure it’s distributed for free to all Americans, officials said Thursday, underscoring there will be no shortcuts on safety. “We are not at all reducing the regulatory rigor with which we will evaluate and hopefully approve vaccines,” Paul Mango, a senior health department official, told reporters. Washington has invested more than $10 billion in six vaccine projects and signed contracts […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would host a summit for the signing of a historic peace accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates in around three weeks. “I look forward to hosting them (the Israeli and UAE leaders) at the White House very soon to formally sign the agreement,” he told reporters. “We’ll probably be doing it over the next, I would say, three weeks.” © Agence […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — A combination of eased restrictions, less strict rule-following in summer and increased testing explains the rising number of COVID-19 cases seen around Europe, the European chapter of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. Nevertheless, deaths have not kept pace even as countries around Europe have seen an increase in cases. Richard Peabody, epidemiologist leading the High Threat Pathogens Team at the WHO Regional Office for Europe, insists “there is no […]
