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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization’s director-general said Monday that the agency had sounded the highest level of alarm over the novel coronavirus early on, but lamented that not all countries had heeded its advice. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pointed out that the WHO warned the COVID-19 outbreak constituted a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” on January 30, when there were no deaths and only 82 cases registered outside China. “The world should […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Monday reported 437 new deaths from COVID-19 in hospitals and nursing homes over the last 24 hours, marking a rise after lower daily figures in the last days. The latest deaths brought the total toll from the epidemic in the country to 23,293, the health ministry said in a statement. The day earlier, a far lower figure of 242 people was confirmed to have died. The latest figures were […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Monday appeared to confirm that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is alive, saying he wished him well after days of speculation over the dictator’s whereabouts. Asked if he had new information about Kim’s health, Trump said “yes, I do have a very good idea, but I can’t talk about it now. I just wish him well.” “I hope he’s fine,” Trump continued, speaking at […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A new Michael Jordan television documentary has become a smash hit for NBA fans whose hope of watching the playoffs these days was scuttled by the coronavirus pandemic. “The Last Dance” details the career of the NBA legend who led the Chicago Bulls to six titles in the 1990s, with editions three and four of the 10-part saga telecast on Sunday. It was the top ESPN telecast in the […]
by Issam Ahmed and Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — After nearly three weeks in an intensive care unit in Los Angeles, doctors treating 41-year-old Broadway actor Nick Cordero for COVID-19 were forced to amputate his right leg. The flow of blood had been impeded by a blood clot: yet another dangerous complication of the disease that has been bubbling up in frontline reports from China, Europe and the United States. […]
by Peter HUTCHISON with Michael MATHES in Atlanta Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — More US states began lifting coronavirus lockdown orders on Monday but New York — America’s economic engine and coronavirus epicenter — is in no hurry, with hospitalization rates still high. As Colorado, Minnesota, Mississippi and Tennessee were among the latest states to loosen restrictions, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he was preparing to lengthen confinement measures for […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 52 new COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,395 as of Monday, April 27. In a statement, the DFA said that for the past month, “the total number of Filipino COVID-19 patients who recovered remains higher than the total number of fatalities by 104%.” The DFA recorded one new death and 49 new recoveries among Filipino nationals in […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) gave local government units until April 30, to completely distribute the emergency subsidy under the government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP). “Ibinaba na po ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang pondo para sa SAP emergency subsidy sa mga LGUs kaya wala na pong dahilan para hindi iyan makarating sa ating mga kababayang kapos-palad ngayong panahon ng pandemya,” DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said […]
(Eagle news) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would no longer consider holding “peace talks” with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) because of the New People’s Army (NPA) attacks done on soldiers who were simply accompanying government workers delivering food any money amid the COVID-19 crisis. “There is no more peace talks to talk about,” Duterte said on Monday, April 27, during a late night press briefing in Malacanang. “It is […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US businesses hit by the coronavirus are reporting declines in sales and investment for the first time since the 2008 global financial crisis, according to a survey released Monday. And it is uncertain when conditions will improve, with about 30 percent of respondents saying it will take as long as three to six months, while others expected improvement in five to eight weeks, the National Association for Business Economics […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Monday, April 27, directed local government units to fast-track the distribution of the cash aid to qualified beneficiaries of the social amelioration program. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said LGUs only have until April 30 to complete the distribution, noting that the Department of Social Welfare and Development has already released the cash for the program. “May kasabihan tayo na ‘aanhin pa ang […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain on Monday counted another 331 new virus deaths, with the daily toll rising by several dozen from its lowest level in more than a month. The figure lifted the total to 23,521 in Spain, which has suffered the world’s third-highest number of deaths but which on Sunday began easing lockdown conditions, allowing children out to play for the first time in six weeks. Sunday’s toll had dropped to 288 — […]
