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MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain registered a leap of 302,265 jobless claims in March due to the “extraordinary impact” of the coronavirus pandemic, the labor ministry said Thursday. It is reportedly the biggest monthly increase on record in the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy, which has been locked down since March 14 to try to curb the spread of the virus. The pandemic “changed the trend” in unemployment figures for March, after only 2,857 workers filled jobless […]
(Eagle News) – Amid the coronavirus pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte came out on national television once again on Wednesday night, April 1, to stress the seriousness of the crisis and asked the people to listen to and trust the government. He also warned the “Left” not to create trouble or to instigate violence in this time of crisis, saying that this would create further problems for the country’s poor. “Mga kababayan kong Pilipino, I am […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would “massively increase testing” amid a growing wave of criticism on Thursday about his government’s failure to provide widespread coronavirus screening. In a video message posted online on Wednesday night from Downing Street, where he has been in self-isolation since announcing on March 27 that he had contracted the virus, Johnson said testing was the “way through”. “We’re also massively increasing testing. As I […]
by Cyril JULIEN WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Volunteers are staying home and donations have dried up. The coronavirus pandemic is pressuring US food banks, just as the number of people in need increases. With Americans told to stay home to help slow the virus’s spread, the number of volunteers to sort, package and distribute food for the needy has fallen from 100 to around 40 each day at Washington’s Capital Area Food Bank. Rob […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A Chinese county of around 600,000 residents has gone into lockdown after a woman who visited the area tested positive for the coronavirus, underscoring concerns over the second wave of domestic infections. The tightening comes as China reported 35 new confirmed cases on Thursday, drastically down from the peak of the crisis. But they were all imported, bringing the tally of such cases to 841 and adding to fears about infections […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, April 2, slammed as malicious reports saying Administrative Order No. 27 was issued to allow Senator Bong Go to manage the donations consolidated by the Office of the Civil Defense so he can be given credit for the same. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo also slammed as “untrue” information that said the importation of medical and health items into the country meant for donation are being put on hold at […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy on Wednesday extended its economically-crippling lockdown until April 13 to help stem coronavirus infections that have claimed 13,115 lives. “If we start loosening our measures now, all our efforts will have been in vain,” Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told the nation in a nationally televised address. The extension had been expected. Italy’s health minister said on Monday that businesses across the nation of 60 million would remain shuttered and public […]
24 deaths, 11 recoveries recorded (Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Quezon City has reached 174. The Quezon City government said of the 174 as of Wednesday night, 24 have died while 11 have recovered. According to the local government, there are 76 patients under investigation and 416 patients under monitoring. The Department of Health has so far recorded over 2000 COVID-19 cases.
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus cases in the United States hits more than 216,000 on Thursday as the death toll continued to rise and breach 5,000, according to the virus dashboard of the Johns Hopkins University tracking global COVID-19 cases. As of Thursday noon, April 2 (PST), the US remains as the country with the most number of COVID-19 cases at 216,721, with reported coronavirus-related deaths at 5,137. The biggest number came […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting skepticism overseas as confirmed global infections near one million. The already isolated, nuclear-armed North quickly shut down its borders in January after the virus was first detected in neighboring China, and imposed strict containment measures. Pak Myong Su, director of the anti-epidemic department of the North’s Central Emergency Anti-epidemic Headquarters, insisted that […]
(Eagle News)–The Northern Luzon Expressway Corp. has released its list of updated toll plazas on NLEx and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. NLEx Corp. said the list was as of Thursday, April 2: NLEx Corp. said it will update the list if there are any changes. The government has imposed an enhanced community quarantine in Luzon to contain the coronavirus disease 2019.
SEATTLE, Washington (Eagle News) — With the rise of positive cases of COVID-19 in the United States, EBC Seattle Correspondent, Fendhel Fejeran, undergoes testing due to experiencing symptoms.
