Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
(Eagle News) — There is no scientific basis that would support claims that eating bananas can cure or prevent being infected with the coronavirus disease, a senior official of the Department of Health said. Health Assistant Secretary Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire said that there is no evidence, as of now, that would show that bananas can prevent being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Vergeire said this as various claims on supposed cures for […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — The number of people infected by COVID-19 in Spain soared past 13,700 on Wednesday with the number of deaths rising to almost 600, government data showed. “We have 13,716 cases in Spain, which is 2,538 more than yesterday, which implies an increase of 18 percent,” said Fernando Simon, the health ministry’s emergencies coordinator. Over the same 24 hour period, the number of deaths rose to 598, an increase of 107, a […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s prime minister said Wednesday the country will expand quarantine measures and a ban on entry from parts of countries including Italy and Spain affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The announcement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe adds parts of Italy, Spain and Switzerland and all of Iceland to existing rules banning the entry of foreign travelers coming from hard-hit parts of China, South Korea and elsewhere. The new measures also expand […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran said Wednesday that the novel coronavirus has killed 147 more people, a new single-day record in the virus-stricken country that raised the overall toll to 1,135. “Now everyone knows about this disease, and what is very strange is that some don’t take it seriously,” Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi said in a televised news conference. “If people help, we can control it, and if not, then expect it to last […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa on Wednesday recorded its highest 24-hour increase in coronavirus infections to date, with 31 new cases taking the country’s tally up to 116, the government announced. Africa’s most industrialized economy is the most affected in sub-Saharan Africa and second-most impacted on the continent after Egypt, which has recorded 196 cases. The country’s first coronavirus infection, confirmed on March 5, was detected in a man who had arrived from […]
(Eagle News) – The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has climbed to almost 200,00 with coronavirus infections reaching 155 countries, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) virus dashboard. The tally was as of March 18, and also showed that almost 82,000 cases recovered from the disease, or 81,961 to be exact. Total deaths were at 7,954. The total confirmed cases worldwide hit 198,179, the Johns Hopkins University data showed with the most […]
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the eastern section of the country. 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 as a result. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The entire country will have light to moderate rains and slight to moderate coastal waters, PAGASA said.
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — German carmaker BMW said Wednesday it would close European and South African factories accounting for half its output for a month, matching other car giants stricken by coronavirus containment measures. It also warned that profits this year would be significantly lower as a result of the crisis. “From today, we will shut down our European car factories and the Rosslyn factory in South Africa,” chief executive Oliver Zipse said, […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets plunged Wednesday, reversing an early rally fuelled by global stimulus pledges, including a more than $1 trillion package flagged by the United States. With borders being shut and countries going into lockdown, there is a broad expectation the world economy will plunge into recession as markets convulse. Dealers across the planet, who have been sent running for the hills, have been begging for government measures to mitigate the […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health announced 15 new cases of the coronavirus disease in the Philippines, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-in infections to 202. The DOH also reported three additional deaths due to the virus on Wednesday, March 18, raising the number of COVID-19 fatalities to 17. The additional 15 cases were reported only as of 12 noon today, Wednesday, March 18, amid the enhanced community quarantine in the whole […]
French professor and researcher, Dr. Jocelyn Raude, sits down with Agence France-Presse (AFP), to explain the psychology of “Collective fear” and panic behavior. “There are contagion effects on the social level: this small minority generates a feeling of concern spread to the rest of the population through the mobilization of resources for basic necessities.” Dr. Raude also explains the difference between the elderly (most affect by the virus) and the youth about their fears. “When […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City will be closed until April 13. A public announcement by the Ombudsman’s Media Affairs Office said the closure also of its offices in Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Tacloban, and Cagayan de Oro was pursuant to President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of a Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine, and the declarations of other local executives to place their localities under a general community quarantine. “During this time, the […]
