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(Eagle News) — The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Philippines has reached 501 with the addition of 32 new cases as of Tuesday morning, March 24, 2020, according to the Department of Health. The new confirmed cases came as the country’s testing capability for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had been strengthened with the arrival of 100,000 COVID-19 test kits from China, and other detection kits which had been already approved for distribution […]
by Philippe RATER UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Monday for an “immediate global ceasefire” to protect vulnerable civilians in conflict zones from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic. “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war,” he said in a brief speech at UN headquarters in New York, mentioning no country by name. “That is why today, I am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France is to tighten its lockdown imposed to battle the coronavirus, strictly limiting physical exercise and closing most open-air markets, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Monday. Philippe told TF1 TV in a live interview that he would later sign a decree banning from Tuesday physical exercise such as jogging more than one kilometer (0.6 miles) from a person’s place of residence and also halting open-air markets, although local authorities could […]
(Eagle News) – More than 100,000 patients who were infected with the coronavirus disease have already recovered or have been cured of the disease, according to the latest data on the global virus cases from the Johns Hopkins University. Most of the 100,982 recovered patients were from China which reported total recoveries of almost 73,000, or 72,819 to be exact. This was out of 81,498 confirmed cases. This means that almost 90 percent of […]
(Eagle News)–The mayor of Naic, Cavite has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. Mayor Junio Dualan made the announcement in a Facebook post on Tuesday, March 24. “Ikinalulungkot ko pong ibalita na ang resulta ng swab testing na ginawa sa inyong lingkod noong March 18, 2020 ay ‘positive,’” he said. He said he had undergone the tests in the hospital to know his health status. He was advised by doctors to remain in “strict […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The anti-malarial drug chloroquine can be administered in France to patients suffering from the severest forms of the coronavirus but only under strict supervision, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Monday. Citing a ruling adopted after a meeting of France’s high public health council, Veran said the drug could not be used to treat milder cases of the illness. Some researchers have said chloroquine shows great promise as a treatment, though […]
by Peter HUTCHISON / Sebastian Smith NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Anxiety ratcheted up Monday across an eerily deserted New York, America’s coronavirus epicenter, but President Donald Trump said he’d soon call for lifting the lockdown in some parts of the country. Trump — who faces reelection in November and is keen to avoid extended economic damage — told reporters he would be “opening up our country to business because our country was meant […]
(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 24, adopted the Senate version of the bill giving President Rodrigo Duterte additional powers to address the coronavirus disease 2019 emergency. With the adoption of the Bayanihan We Heal As One Act, or Senate Bill No. 1413, the Senate and the House of Representatives will no longer have to convene into a bicameral conference to thresh out differences in the versions passed by each chamber of Congress. […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport has released its list of operational flights amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. As of Tuesday, March 24, MIAA said the following were the operational flights: “Due to the evolving situation in the Philippines and foreign ports of entry, the airlines MAY randomly CANCEL their flights for the day,” MIAA said. According to MIAA, in such cases, passengers were encouraged to coordinate with the airline for instructions.
(Eagle News)–Cavite province has recorded four new coronavirus disease 2019 cases, bringing the total to 14. In a Facebook post, Gov. Jonvic Remulla said the new cases were a 62-year-old male and a 71-year-old male from Naic, a 30-year-old female from Tanza and a 67-year-old female from Indang. He said one patient from Cavite City was reported but this has not yet been confirmed by the Provincial Health Officer as an “official” case. The province […]
by Dmitry ZAKS ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy on Monday reported a second successive drop in daily deaths and infections from a coronavirus that has nevertheless claimed more than 6,000 lives in a month. The Mediterranean country has now seen its daily fatalities come down from a world record 793 on Saturday to 651 on Sunday and 601 on Monday. The number of new declared infections fell from 6,557 on Saturday to 4,789 on Monday. […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Pangasinan early Tuesday, March 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 4:23 a.m., had its epicenter 101 kilometers southwest of Agno. It had a depth of focus of 26 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
