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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Another 6.65 million US workers filed for unemployment benefits last week, the most ever recorded, as the coronavirus forces businesses to shut down nationwide, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The number of first-time applications for jobless benefits for the week ended March 28 was double the number registered in the previous week, which was revised up by 24,000 to 3.3 million — the previous record, according to the data. “Nearly […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia has released some 18,000 inmates in a desperate bid to stop coronavirus from rampaging through its notoriously overcrowded prison system, authorities said Thursday. The mass release comes days after the Southeast Asian nation said it would free more than 30,000 inmates to take pressure off prisons and jails beset by unsanitary conditions and long at risk of infectious diseases. The UN has called on countries to release vulnerable inmates, with […]
More than 20,000 cases of COVID-19 were registered in Latin America and the Caribbean by Wednesday — double the figure from five days ago, according to an AFP tally. As infections spread across the region, a Guatemalan migrant died and more than 20 were wounded in a riot over coronavirus fears at a holding facility for Central American migrants in Mexico, officials said. A protest by mostly Honduran migrants at the facility in southeastern […]
(Eagle News) – A local group of speech pathologists has developed a tool to allow COVID-19 patients to communicate even when intubated. The Philippine Association of Speech Pathologists (PASP) have come up with “communication boards” which will allow patients on ventilators to express their needs to their caregivers even when they are unable to talk. “Sadly, many of these [COVID-19] patients will need intubation or other escalated respiratory support, rendering them unable to speak. Patients […]
(Eagle News) —The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday, April 2, advised foreigners staying in the country to refrain from going out while the enhanced community quarantine was in place. According to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, foreigners whose visas will expire during the ECQ shall not be charged penalties as long as they file their applications within 30 days from the lifting of the quarantine. Those who will file for extension after the 30-day period, however, […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), through its Tech4ED project, has made available free eBooks and other educational content for children during the quarantine period. In an online statement posted in its website and FB page, the DICT announced that the books, sourced from the Let’s Read free digital library for children, are meant to boost learning beyond the classroom. “The educational materials aim to practice the reading comprehension skills […]
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) — Limited global stocks of two anti-malarial drugs could wreck plans to use the medicines, currently in clinical trials, to treat COVID-19, doctors cautioned on Thursday. Around the world, countries are expanding access to chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which are used to treat malaria and are known to have anti-viral properties. The medicines have shown early promise against the COVID-19 illness in studies in France and China. CQ, […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged past 10,000 on Thursday after a record 950 deaths in 24 hours, with the number of confirmed cases passing the 110,000 marks, the government said. Spain has the world’s second-highest death toll after Italy, with the virus so far claiming 10,003 lives although the rate of new infections and deaths continued its downward trend, the health ministry figures showed. The number of new infections […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Las Piñas has reached 32. The Las Piñas government said of the 32, one each was from Almanza Uno, Barangay Daniel Fajardo, Barangay Elias Aldana and Talon Uno; two each from Pamplona Uno, Pamplona Dos, Pulanglupa Dos and Talon Kuwatro; three each from Manuyo Dos, Pamplona Tres, Pilar and Zapote; and four each from BF International Village-CAA and Talon Dos. The Las Piñas government said seven […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 2. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 2:42 p.m., had its epicenter 37 kilometers northwest of Sipalay. It had a depth of focus of eight kilometers. The following instrumental intensities were recorded: Instrumental Intensities: Intensity III – Sipalay City, Negros Occidental Intensity II – Bago City, Negros Occidental No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) – The country’s death toll due to COVID-19 rose to more than a hundred as total cases spiked to 2,633. The Department of Health (DOH), in its latest situationer on Thursday, April 2, said that 11 more deaths due to the coronavirus disease had been added to the previous toll of 96, bringing total fatalities to 107. There were also 322 new confirmed virus that were added to the earlier total of […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and isolated rains are expected in the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands will have cloudy skies with isolated light rains as the northeasterly surface windflow affects Extreme Northern Luzon. PAGASA said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to the easterlies affecting the eastern section of the […]
