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BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Saturday he has tested negative for the new coronavirus more than two weeks after being diagnosed on July 7, attributing his recovery to an unproven malaria drug. “RT-PCR for Sars-Cov 2: negative. Good morning everyone,” the 65-year-old tweeted, along with a photo of himself smiling and holding a packet of hydroxychloroquine, whose effectiveness against COVID-19 has not been demonstrated in clinical trials. He did not […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) — Gunmen killed at least 20 people, including children, who were visiting their farms in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region for the first time in years, a tribal chief said Saturday. “Two months ago the government organised a meeting between the original landowners and those who took their fields” during the long-running war in Darfur, Ibrahim Ahmad told AFP by telephone. “An agreement was reached whereby the landowners would return to their fields […]
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Texas, already struggling with a surge in coronavirus cases, was bracing Saturday after storm Hanna strengthened into the first Atlantic hurricane of 2020, with meteorologists warning of heavy rain, storm surge and potentially life-threatening flash flooding. The Category 1 storm, with wind speeds of around 75 miles per hour (120 kilometers per hour), strengthened to a hurricane overnight and is expected to make landfall by afternoon or early evening, the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — For the second day running, the United States on Friday recorded more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases and more than 1,000 deaths in a 24-hour period, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University. The world’s hardest-hit country registered 73,795 new cases of COVID-19 with 1,157 additional deaths, the Baltimore-based university’s real-time tracker indicated at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Saturday). That brings the country to a total of 4.1 […]
by Marc Preel with AFP bureaus COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — The World Health Organization expressed concern Friday over a coronavirus resurgence in Europe as Britain joined France, Germany and Austria in announcing tighter mask rules and greater testing. Europe accounts for a fifth of the world’s more than 15 million infections and remains the hardest-hit region in terms of deaths, with 207,118 out of more than 630,000 globally since the virus emerged in China late […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam has detected its first locally-transmitted case of coronavirus in nearly 100 days, authorities said Saturday, in a country whose swift and full lockdown won praise for controlling the spread of the disease. “Patient 416” is a 57-year-old retired Vietnamese man in the southern city of Danang, and the first community transmission since April 16. Local health officials have tested 105 people who had been in close contact with him, the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea reported a surge in new coronavirus infections on Saturday, recording its highest figure in nearly four months with dozens of imported cases. The country added 113 new cases, including 86 among people who arrived from overseas, bringing the total to 14,092, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was the second highest figure since March 31, when the country reported 125 new cases. It […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 78,000 mark on Saturday, July 25, after the Department of Health reported 2019 cases. The DOH said of the 78412 total cases, 50763 were active cases. Of the active cases, the department said 89.89 percent were mild cases, 9.18 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, and 0.43 percent critical. The 2,019 newly -announced cases were from tests done by 78 out of 90 […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former Presidential Security Group commander Jose Eriel Niembra as chief of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement in a statement on Saturday, July 25. Niembra succeeded Brigadier General Artuz, who has retired. In a statement, AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Felimon Santos Jr. called Niembra “a worthy successor.” “I am confident that the newly posted Chief, […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration said it will deport 10 Chinese nationals who arrived in Puerto Princesa City on board a luxury yacht recently. The bureau said the deportation proceedings against Zhang Dengkang, Lin Huawei, Zhou Wei, Xu Yuansen, Lou Xioqiang, Zhao Zhoujin, Chang Liujing, Luo Shui Sheng, Chen Zhen Qi, and Zhao Jian Hui would be initiated because they did not notify and ask permission from port authorities for their travel to Barangay Concepcion. […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Customs has exceeded its yearly P10-billion rice tariff target in seven months. The bureau said it collected the P10.728 billion in revenues from January to July 17 for remittance to the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund under the Rice Import Tariffication Law, an 8 percent increase from the P9.936 billion collected for the same period in 2019. According to the BOC, the P10.728 billion in revenues collected were despite a 24.6 percent […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and isolated rainshowers are expected in parts of Northern Luzon today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers will be experienced over the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Qurino, Aurora, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Abra, Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao, Mt. Province and Benguet. PAGASA said this was due to localized thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds, PAGASA said, will […]
