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by Sara HUSSEIN Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — It is approved for use in flu outbreaks and has been deployed to treat Ebola, but now Avigan is being trialled as a potential coronavirus treatment. Here are some questions and answers about the anti-viral medication: What is Avigan? Avigan is the brand name of the drug favipiravir. It was developed by what is now known as Fujifilm Toyama Chemical and approved for use […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Friday, April 17, urged local government units to include jail facilities in the conduct of their tests for the coronavirus disease 2019. Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya made the remark after the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology reported nine Quezon City jail detainees and nine BJMP personnel tested positive for COVID-19. He said the detainees are now in a quarantine site in Payatas. […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture and the Quezon City local government launched a city-wide urban agriculture program with the signing of a memorandum of agreement on Thursday, April 16, 2020. “With the partnership, the DA and the QC government will enable residents to produce their own vegetables that are safe, nutritious, and readily available,” said Agriculture Secretary William Dar. Under the agreement, the DA through its Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) with support […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over Bukidnon and two other areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are being experienced in Talakag in Bukidnon; Pantao Ragat, Baloi in Lanao del Norte; and in Marawi City, Saguiaran, Pantar, Piagapo, Marantao, Balindong, Molundo, Taraka, Ditsaan-Raman in Lanao del Sur. PAGASA said these were due to thunderstorms. The conditions, PAGASA said, may persist within […]
(Eagle News)–Marikina City personnel who will man the city’s COVID-19 laboratory have to pass a proficiency test before the lab gets approved for accreditation. This is according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who gave a virtual press conference on Friday, April 17. Nograles is also the spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. According to Nograles, if the personnel pass the test, the lab could get accreditation by Monday. […]
(Eagle News)–Nine Quezon City Jail detainees have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. According to Bureau of Jail Management and Penology spokesperson Major Insp. Xavier Solda, nine BJMP personnel assigned in the same jail also tested positive for COVID-19. He said so far, authorities were conducting their contact tracing. Solda’s announcement came days after 22 detainees asked the Supreme Court to allow them to be temporarily free on bail or on recognizance, citing their […]
(Eagle News)–The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases backed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III amid the call of 14 senators for him to resign. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, IATF spokesperson, said it was Duque, after all, who paved the way for the implementation of key measures against the coronavirus disease 2019, which has so far afflicted over 5000 people in the country. Nograles said Duque gave reports without sugarcoating, which led […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte advised Filipinos to “endure” the burden of lockdown protocols a little bit more to prevent the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from further spreading. The 75-year old Philippine leader said he himself had to suffer self-quarantine and could not celebrate his birthday with his family in Davao, and could not be there for the birthdays of his family members, including his grandson and daughter, Veronica “Kitty” Duterte who celebrated her […]
(Eagle News)–Local government units can start the cash assistance distribution for the poor within 24 hours upon receipt of the funds. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said this was after it was decided the Department of Social Welfare and Development will only validate the list of beneficiaries after the poor receive the cash aid. “This way, LGUs (local government units) will be able to proceed with the distribution of the cash aid…,” Nograles said. The government […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said there were grey areas in China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak and that things “happened that we don’t know about”, speaking in an interview with the Financial Times published Thursday. “Let’s not be so naive as to say it’s been much better at handling this,” he said of China’s management of the outbreak. “We don’t know. There are clearly things that have happened that we […]
by Susan STUMME Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) — For many Americans, checking the mailbox is a daily ritual, a constant in a quickly changing world that can yield anything from wedding invitations to tax audits to new clothes. But as with many ordinary things as the coronavirus crisis unfolds, the US Postal Service — already compromised by a mountain of debt — has a most uncertain future. “The Postal Service is holding on […]
by Chris STEIN Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US job losses from the coronavirus pandemic reached 22 million in the past month, according to new data Thursday, as President Donald Trump is expected to unveil plans to re-open the world’s largest economy. Amid business shutdowns and restrictions ordered to stop the spread of COVID-19, government data continue to show the growing economic damage. Another 5.2 million workers filed for unemployment benefits […]
