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DOTr starts distribution of 150,000 face masks to frontliners

(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation has started the distribution of 150,000 masks to health workers and other essential personnel who need to report to work amid the enhanced community quarantine. The total number of masks distributed was 50,000 more than the original number the DOTr announced. The agency said  hospitals, its frontline employees, those involved in port and airport operations, enforcers, and drivers helping in ferrying health workers under the DOTr Free Ride program will […]

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France coronavirus death toll jumps 186 to 860: official

PARIS, France (AFP) — The coronavirus has killed another 186 people in France, the health minister said on Monday, bringing the death toll in the country to 860. Health Minister Olivier Veran said that 19,856 people had been registered as testing positive for the virus in France, with a total of 8,675 hospitalized of whom 2,082 people are in intensive care. Officials believe that the published number of those infected largely underestimates the real figure, […]

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German state to take in Italian virus patients

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Hospitals in the German state of Saxony will take on at least six Italian coronavirus patients who are unable to receive treatment in their own country, state premier Michael Kretschmer said Monday. “The Italian government asked us a few days ago whether we could help by taking care of patients who are not being taken care of in Italy,” Kretschmer said. Following consultation with doctors over hospital capacity in the eastern […]

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Britain orders lockdown as WHO warns pandemic ‘accelerating’

by Phil Hazlewood with Chris Lefkow in Washington LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain ordered a three-week lockdown on Monday in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus as world health officials warned that the pandemic is “accelerating” around the globe. As Britain joined other nations in imposing strict stay-at-home orders, the number of virus deaths worldwide surged past 16,000 and the number of confirmed cases surpassed 360,000. The death toll in New York […]

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Cloudy skies, isolated rainshowers expected today

(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected in  the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said  Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms as the easterlies affect the archipelago. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Northern Luzon and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have light to moderate winds and slight to […]

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Senate, House approve grant of “necessary, proper” powers to President Duterte to address COVID-19 situation

(Eagle News)–The Senate and the House of Representatives have approved   granting President Rodrigo Duterte the “necessary” and “proper” powers to address the coronavirus disease emergency. Voting 12-0, senators passed the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act early Tuesday, also declaring a national emergency over COVID-19 in the country. The approved Senate measure, Senate Bill 1418, was the amended version of Senate Bill no. 1413 authored by Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III and Senator Pia […]

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Myanmar confirms first coronavirus cases

by Sun Myat Mon and Richard Sargent YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar confirmed its first cases of the deadly novel coronavirus late Monday after weeks of increasing skepticism over the under-developed southeast Asian nation’s claims to be free of the disease. The country of 54 million people had been the world’s largest country by population not to report a single case of the pandemic that has confined more than 1.7 billion to their homes. With […]

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Four more doctors die from coronavirus in France: official

PARIS, France (AFP) — Four more doctors have died after contracting the coronavirus in France, officials said on Monday, a day after the country reported the first death of a doctor treating COVID-19 patients. One of the doctors, a 66-year-old gynaecologist in Mulhouse near the border with Switzerland and Germany, was infected by a patient during a consultation, according to his clinic. Another was a 60-year-old general practitioner at a hospital in Saint-Avold near Metz, […]

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COVID-19 pandemic ‘accelerating’: WHO chief

by Nina Larson and Robin Millard GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The new coronavirus pandemic is clearly “accelerating”, the World Health Organization warned Monday, but said it was still possible to change its trajectory by going on the attack. The remarks came as the number of deaths soared past 15,000, with more than 341,000 people infected worldwide, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official sources. “The pandemic is accelerating,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus […]

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Tunisia says, over 400 arrested for breaking virus curfew

TUNIS, Tunisia (AFP) — Tunisian police arrested more than 400 people for breaking a night-time curfew imposed to fight the spread of coronavirus, the authorities said Monday. Around 30 of the 408 transgressors who were arrested remained in custody, while the others were released after a warning, Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi told reporters. “Anyone who breaks the security rules will be treated as a criminal because failing to respect rules within the context of the […]

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Turkey using drug from China for coronavirus

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey’s health minister said Monday that the country is using a drug sent from China on patients suffering from the novel coronavirus. “From this morning we have brought a special drug used in China which is claimed to have resulted in improvements in intensive care patients, cutting their time in care from 11-12 days to four days,” Fahrettin Koca told reporters. He did not give more information on the drug but […]

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S.Africa orders lockdown as continent moves to stop virus spread

by Susan NJANJI PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP) — Numerous sub-Saharan countries acted to stem the spread of coronavirus on Monday, with South Africa announcing a soldier-patrolled lockdown and Senegal and Ivory Coast each declaring a state of emergency. The pandemic had been slow to spread in Africa compared to the Middle East and Europe, but in recent days the number of deaths and infections has increased, sparking concerns about the continent’s vulnerability to contagious diseases. […]

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