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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York will put up checkpoints at key entry points to the city to ensure that travelers are complying with the state’s quarantine requirements, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. Visitors from 35 US states, including Florida and Texas, are currently required to quarantine for two weeks after entering New York in an attempt to contain the spread of coronavirus. De Blasio said law enforcement agencies will operate “traveler […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada announced Wednesday it has signed two agreements with American pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and Moderna for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021. Millions of doses will be supplied, but the vaccines are still in development while negotiations continue with other potential suppliers, Procurement Minister Anita Anand told a news conference. They will also still need to obtain Health Canada regulatory approvals before being distributed to Canadians, she said. The agreement […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) — More than 50,000 people have been affected by flooding across Sudan over the past week, the United Nations said Wednesday. “Torrential rains continued in several parts of Sudan… leading to flooding, landslides, damages to houses and infrastructure in at least 14 of the (country’s) 18 states,” the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. “More than 50,000 people have been affected,” it said in a statement. “The numbers […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US government Wednesday announced a new $1 billion investment in a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson, guaranteeing 100 million doses. J&J, via its subsidiary Janssen, had already received $456 million in March. The new money will allow the company to ramp up production so that doses are ready for shipping if and when the drug receives regulatory approval. The government also has the option to acquire […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Herbivores face a higher risk of extinction than predators, whether they are mammals, birds or reptiles, according to an extensive study of 24,500 species both living and extinct that was published Wednesday. The paper, which appeared in Science Advances, suggests herbivores have suffered a higher extinction rate over the past 50,000 years compared to other parts of the food web and the trend continues to this day. This contradicts the […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Florida, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the southeastern US, has surpassed half a million cases and now has a death toll of more than 7,600, state health authorities said Wednesday. The Florida Health Department reported only 5,409 new daily cases in its latest count, a considerable drop after recent figures of around 10,000 new infections per day in recent weeks. The number of cases however may have […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a second-generation folding smartphone along with other new gadgetry aiming to jump-start sales in a market hit hard by the global pandemic. The consumer electronics colossus unveiled its latest lineup at a streamed “Galaxy Unpacked” event, aiming directly at remote work and education trends supercharged around the world by the coronavirus outbreak. “Our mission is to give you new ways to communicate; […]
(Eagle News)–All commuters using public transportation will be required to wear face shields starting Aug. 15, the Department of Transportation said on Thursday, Aug. 6. According to the DOTr, the face shields would serve as “additional ‘armor’ in the fight to prevent this sector from becoming a transmission vector of the virus.” “With no known cure and vaccine available to combat the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the entire world is still battling to contain the […]
(Eagle News)–Ten of the 11 Filipino seafarers who went missing after an explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon are safe with their employer, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, the ten, who suffered minor injuries, are now with the management of the shipping company Abu Merhi Cruises at Ain el Mraiseh. The company operates the Orient Queen Cruises. With the development, the DFA said one Filipino seafarer is left unaccounted for. The DFA […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Thursday, Aug. 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 2:13 a.m., had its epicenter 368 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of 254 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today, Aug. 6. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Visayas, Mindanao, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms in particular due to the trough of a low pressure area estimated 435 kilometers west southwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rainshowers are possible. Metro […]
by Rouba el Husseini and Tony Gamal-Gabriel BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Anger mounted in Lebanon on Wednesday as rescuers searched for survivors of a cataclysmic explosion at Beirut port that wreaked destruction across the city, killing at least 113 people, wounding thousands and plunging crisis-striken Lebanon further into the abyss. The blast on Tuesday, apparently triggered by a fire igniting 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertilizer left unsecured in a warehouse of Beirut port, was […]
