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by Su Xinqi HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong will ban all non-residents from entering the city from midnight on Tuesday evening in a bid to halt the coronavirus, its leader said, as she unveiled plans to stop restaurants and bars serving alcohol. Despite its proximity to the Chinese mainland, the financial hub has managed to stave off a runaway outbreak of the deadly virus — partly thanks to the public overwhelmingly embracing masks, […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — More than one billion people have been asked to stay home in more than 50 countries and territories around the world as governments battle the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, according to an AFP tally Monday. Some countries imposed mandatory lockdown measures, while others have issued stay-at-home recommendations to stem the spread of the virus. At least 34 countries or territories have established mandatory lockdown measures ordering people to stay in […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged to 2,182 after 462 people died within 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday. The death rate showed a 27-percent increase on the figures released a day earlier, with the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rising to 33,089 in Spain, one of the worst-hit countries in the world after China and Italy. Despite an unprecedented national lockdown which was put in place […]
(Eagle News) — Metropolitan Manila Development Authority General Manager Jojo Garcia is now on self-quarantine after exposure to a person who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago made the revelation, as she announced she herself was under self-quarantine after attending the same meeting which the COVID-19-positive patient attended. “I ask those I have been personally in contact with, please do the same, as you may be at risk,” Pialago said. […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — People in central China where the coronavirus was first detected are allowed to go back to work and public transport is restarting, as some normality slowly returns after a two-month lockdown. The easing of restrictions in Wuhan city comes as Chinese health officials reported Monday no new local cases of the deadly virus, but confirmed another 39 infections brought from overseas. Wuhan residents considered healthy can move around the city and […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang reminded local government officials that all types of cargo – food and non-food – should be allowed to pass “unhampered” in all local government units nationwide “to avert any threat of shortage.” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced this after the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases reaffirmed its earlier resolution on the “policy on the unhampered flow of cargoes.” This was after the IATF meeting that revised certain resolutions regarding […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has announced a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew from Monday in a bid to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, the latest in a series of restrictions. The curfew –- from 7 pm until 6 am –- will be imposed for 21 days, the official Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a royal order. The move comes after Saudi Arabia on Sunday said the number of COVID-19 cases […]
Another person recovers, bringing total of recovered patients to 18 (Eagle News) – -The number of coronavirus disease cases in the Philippines has reached 462. The Department of Health said this was as of 4 p.m. today, March 23, after the agency recorded 82 new cases. The DOH also recorded eight new deaths, bringing the total to 33. The new fatalities were within the 57 to 89 years old bracket. Of the fatalities, four of […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France is calling up helicopters and drones to boost the government’s attempts to keep people in their homes, police officials said Saturday. “The helicopters will give us a larger vision and a panoramic view of the situation in real-time to help guide the patrols on the ground,” a national gendarmerie source said. One helicopter was already in use on Saturday, hovering above major Paris parks to ensure that confinement rules were […]
(Eagle News) — Biñan, Laguna has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus disease 2019. In a Facebook post, the city’s public information office said the first case was a 58-year-old female from Barangay San Francisco who had no travel history. The PIO said the patient started showing symptoms on March 7. She tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, March 23. The patient is currently admitted in a hospital, the PIO said. The City Health […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia on Sunday announced a $38 billion spending plan to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic, as citizens were told to cancel domestic travel plans to slow the virus spread. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the latest Aus$66 billion announced Sunday brought government and central bank measures to support the economy to Aus$189 billion — or nearly 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). “These extraordinary times require extraordinary measures […]
WASHINGTON DC (Eagle News) — Looking for a quick morning workout but can’t get to the gym? Or following the #StayAtHome trend, EBC Washington DC Bureau Correspondent Ken Cruz, shows EBC International viewers quick and easy workouts. © Eagle News
