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(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has issued a department circular advising the public “to avoid spraying and misting at this time” saying that there is no evidence to support that this actually kills the COVID-19 virus. In Department circular no. 2020-0172, DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that misting or spraying in fact poses an additional health and safety concerns. “There is no evidence to support that spraying surfaces or large scale […]
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The melting of the Eurasian ice sheet around 14,000 years ago lifted global sea levels by about eight meters, according to new research published Monday that highlights the risks of today’s rapid ice cap melt. Earth’s last Glacial Maximum period began around 33,000 years ago, when vast ice sheets covered much of the Northern Hemisphere. At the time, the Eurasian ice sheet — which covered […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — US President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would welcome New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has spearheaded the response to his state’s coronavirus outbreaks, to the White House on Tuesday. “He is coming to the Oval Office tomorrow afternoon,” Trump told reporters. New York is the epicenter of the US coronavirus epidemic, and more than a third of the 41,000 deaths nationwide have come from the state. Trump has been […]
by Catherine TRIOMPHE Agence France Presse The incessant clang of car horns rang out in the US state of Pennsylvania Monday as hundreds of vehicles circled the Capitol building in a protest against confinement measures aimed at combatting the coronavirus. During the rally that lasted about three hours, many drove pick-up trucks decorated with American flags or slogans like “shelter in place isn’t freedom!” The Harrisburg demonstrators, arguing that public health regulations unduly threaten […]
(Eagle News) – The Ospital ng Sampaloc reopened its doors on Monday, April 20, following a temporary closure earlier this month after some hospital staff tested positive for COVID-19. “Sa aming muling pagbubukas sa publiko, ang Ospital ng Sampaloc ay itinalaga ng Pamahalaang Lungsod ng Maynila bilang paanakan at para sa mga konsultasyon ng mga sanggol at bata (As we reopen our doors to the public, the Ospital ng Sampaloc has been appointed by the […]
by Stuart WILLIAMS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Monday announced it had become the fourth country worldwide to register over 20,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus, after recording 547 new fatalities in the epidemic. “Tonight, our country has passed a barrier that is symbolic and particularly painful,” top health official Jerome Salomon told reporters. He announced that the country’s total death toll was 20,265, while welcoming new falls in the numbers […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) advised local government units (LGUs) not to use misting or spraying on individuals, including the use of disinfection tents, misting chambers or sanitation booths, saying that this can do more harm than good. DILG said that in issuing this directive, it is just following guidelines from the Department of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) which had already advised against such misting […]
by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization insisted Monday that it sounded the alarm on the novel coronavirus right from the very start and had hidden nothing from Washington about the deadly pandemic. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there were no secrets at the UN agency after being blasted by the United States for allegedly downplaying the initial COVID-19 outbreak in China. “We have been warning from […]
(Eagle News) – At least 40 staff members of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) tested positive for COVID-19 forcing the facility to reduce operations to allow disinfection activities, and to investigate and do further tests on other employees. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that they are still determining the source of the infection, but that initial information that they have is that those who have been going home from the facility were […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US state of Maryland has received 500,000 coronavirus tests ordered from South Korea, a shipment Governor Larry Hogan said would be “game-changing” to efforts to implement widespread testing. “It enables us to identify those who are sick and those who have the virus and it can help us isolate them and do our contact tracing,” Hogan told a press conference in the state capital Annapolis. The $9 million purchase […]
by Roland JACKSON Agence France Presse US oil prices dived to 22-year lows under $11 Monday after crashing 40 percent in a market flooded with crude as demand evaporates in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of Wall Street opening the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for May delivery sank to $10.77 — the lowest level since 1998. Trade, however, was also technically driven as investors closed out their positions ahead […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday joined hundreds of demonstrators outside army headquarters in the capital Brasilia protesting stay-at-home orders issued by state governors. The crowd of around 600 called on the army to intervene in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic and demanded the closure of Congress. Some held up posters declaring “Military intervention with Bolsonaro”. “I am here because I believe in you and you are here […]
