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(Eagle News) – The country’s total confirmed coronavirus cases had risen to 307, with the addition of 77 new cases, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Saturday, March 21. The new cases were only identified as patients number 231 to 307 or PH231 to PH307. This is the highest single-day jump for COVID-19 cases in the country. -Five more patients recover from COVID-19, bringing total to 13- The DOH also announced five new […]
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) –Country music legend Kenny Rogers, whose career spanned six decades, has died at the age of 81, his family said late Friday. “Rogers passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family,” they said in a statement. The family said they were planning a small private service “out of concern for the national COVID-19 emergency.” A three-time Grammy winner, Rogers was […]
(Eagle News) – Quezon City has 44 confirmed coronavirus cases, with four new cases adding to the previous total of 40. This is so far the highest total among Metro Manila cities. In a Facebook post, the Quezon City local government also said that the death toll in the city due to the virus remained at two, while those who recovered were five. Patients under investigation were listed at 27, while patients under monitoring […]
(Eagle News)–A meeting on the passage of the supplemental budget against the coronavirus disease 2019 was held on Saturday, March 21. Pictures from Senator Bong Go showed attending the meeting were the senator, Senate President Tito Sotto, Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and several Cabinet members. These included Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez, among others. President Rodrigo Duterte had called on Congress to hold a special session on the […]
by Peter HUTCHISON with Sebastian SMITH in Washington Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York and Illinois followed California Friday in locking down to stem the coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump declared the United States was already “winning” the war despite a rapid rise in confirmed cases and deaths. The move effectively seals off America’s largest cities — New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — with the states of […]
NEW YORK, New York (Eagle News) — “The city that never sleeps,” New York City, New York, is the most populous city in the United States. Which is hard to believe when you watch EBC New York Bureau Corespondent Joanne Soriano’s vlog about “Social Distancing in New York City.” © Eagle News
5 other patients recover, one dies (Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Saturday, March 21, announced 32 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 in the country, bringing the total to 262. According to the DOH, five other patients have recovered. With the development, 13 patients have so far recovered. Another patient has died, bringing the total to 19.
(Eagle News)– The three hospitals the Department of Health said would be exclusively used for coronavirus disease 2019 patients will be ready by next week. This is according to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a radio interview on Saturday, March 21. Vergeire said the DOH is now preparing 140 beds at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila, 120 beds at the Jose Rodriguez Memorial Hospital in Caloocan, and 40 beds at the Lung Center […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Friday reported 78 more deaths from the coronavirus over the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll from the outbreak in the country to 450 people. Top French health official Jerome Salomon told reporters that 12,612 people were now confirmed by tests in France to have been infected with the coronavirus while warning this was a “minimal figure” compared with the real number of those infected. He said […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — California’s Yosemite National Park, one of the most visited parks in the nation, shut down to visitors on Friday because of the coronavirus crisis. “Yosemite National Park is announcing modifications to operations at the request of the local health department,” park officials said in a statement. Beginning at 3:00 pm local time (2200 GMT), they said, the grounds would be “closed to all park visitors until further notice.” The […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China reported no new local cases of the deadly coronavirus for a third consecutive day Saturday, but confirmed the highest yet increase in infections from abroad. The rate of infection has been slowing for weeks in China, while the rest of the world steps up measures to try and battle the raging pandemic. The World Health Organization on Friday praised China’s success in controlling the outbreak in the central city of […]
by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that the original epicenter in China of the coronavirus outbreak at last reporting no new cases gave hope to the rest of the world battling the pandemic. The city of Wuhan registered no new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours — for the first time since reporting its first case in December in an outbreak that has gone on to infect more […]
