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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong reported 113 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, a new daily record as a sudden surge in cases shows no signs of slowing despite ramped up social distancing rules. The finance hub was one of the first places to be struck by the virus when it emerged from central China. But the city had impressive success in tackling the disease, all but ending local transmissions by late June. However, […]
(Eagle News) — For the first time, in five days, or since July 18, the reported COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila went below 1,000, or 971 cases to be exact. This was as the Department of Health reported 1,594 COVID-19 cases, Wednesday, July 22, bringing the total virus cases in the country to 72,269. On July 18, COVID-19 cases reported in Metro Manila were 1,824. The following day, the cases in the Philippine capital were […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 72000 mark on Wednesday, July 22, after the Department of Health reported 1594 cases. The DOH said of the 72,269 total COVID-19 cases, 46,803 are active cases, of which 90.1 percent are mild, 9 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. The 1594 cases reported on Wednesday were from total tests done by 78 out of 89 labs. Of this […]
Medialdea negative for COVID-19, PSG says (Eagle News) — Eight members of the Presidential Security Group assigned to the Office of Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea have tested positive for COVID-19. PSG Group Commander Col. Jesus Durante III added the executive secretary has so far tested negative for the virus. According to Durante, the two officers and six enlisted personnel were “on outside duty” and did not have close contact with President Rodrigo Duterte. He said […]
Gapay says he is confident perpetrators will be convicted (Eagle News)–The commanding general of the Philippine Army expressed confidence the policemen behind the killing of four of his men last month would be convicted. Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay issued the statement on Wednesday, July 22, a day after the National Bureau of Investigation filed four counts of murder and planting of evidence against PSMS Abdelzhimar H Padjiri, Police Master Sergeant Hanie U. Baddiri, P/Staff Sergeant […]
(Eagle News)–Almost 22,000 persons deprived of liberty have been released amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the 21,858 PDLs were released from March 17 to July 13 from 470 jail facilities managed by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. Año said of the total, 5,102 were paralegal releases through bail, plea-bargaining, parole or probation. Over 6000, or 6,756 were non-paralegal releases through acquittal or served sentences. Año said […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — A Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus entered the final stage of testing Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the global pandemic. The vaccine, developed by private Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech, became the third in the world to enter Phase 3 clinical trials, or large-scale testing on humans — the last step before regulatory approval. “We’re living […]
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) — Bolivian police said on Tuesday they recovered more than 400 bodies from streets and homes over a five-day period, with 85 percent of the dead believed to have had coronavirus. A total of 191 bodies were recovered in the Cochabamba metropolitan area alone from July 15-20, with another 141 collected in La Paz, national police director Coronel Ivan Rojas told journalists. In the country’s biggest city, Santa Cruz, authorities […]
by Damon Wake, with AFP Bureaus Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — European leaders on Tuesday agreed a massive aid package for their pandemic-ravaged economies, as US President Donald Trump finally came out in favour of face masks as a tool against the coronavirus. The virus has infected more than 14.7 million people and killed over 610,000 of them since emerging in China late last year, with fresh alarm being sounded over its accelerating […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 21, ordered all judges to suspend the issuance of commitment orders for newly detained persons deprived of liberty to facilities of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. The SC, through Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez, said this was based on a letter of request from Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, and to prevent COVID-19 infections among PDLs. Instead, all judges were directed to issue orders for newly-arrested PDLs […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Western Visayas, Palawan, and Occidental Mindoro will have these conditions as the Intertropical Convergence Zone affects Southern Luzon and Visayas. The rest of Visayas, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms also due to localized thunderstorms. A rainfall advisory has been raised over […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, July 22. MIAA said flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA has urged passengers to confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled, noting that only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. Domestic flight operations are allowed for as long as there is approval from the local government […]
