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Cloudy skies, rains forecast in parts of PHL today

(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, Feb. 3. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said  Metro Manila, CALABARZON, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Aurora, Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, and Davao Region  will have cloudy skies with light rains as the northeast monsoon affects the Philippines. The rest of the country, on the other hand, will have  partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. […]

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Coronavirus: What we know about first death outside China

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines has reported the first death outside China in the virus epidemic that has killed more than 300 people and spread to 24 nations. The 44-year-old Chinese man who died in the Philippines was from Wuhan, the city that has been ground-zero for the epidemic. Here is what we know — and don’t know — about him: Where he visited The man and a 38-year-old Chinese woman also from Wuhan, […]

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Virus deaths in China rise to 360, exceeding SARS mainland toll

by Helen Roxburgh and Beiyi Seow BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s death toll from the coronavirus epidemic soared to 360 on Monday, with deepening global concern about the outbreak and governments closing their borders to people from China. The fresh toll came a day after China imposed a lockdown on a major city far from the epicenter and the first fatality outside the country was reported in the Philippines. Authorities in Hubei, the province at […]

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London police kill man after ‘Islamist-related’ terror stabbings

by Robin MILLARD / Joe JACKSON / Charlotte DURAND LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police on Sunday shot dead a man in London wearing a “hoax device” and suspected of stabbing two people, leaving one of them with life-threatening injuries, in an “Islamist-related” terrorist incident. The Metropolitan Police said armed officers responded immediately “as part of a proactive counter-terrorism operation” when they shot the attacker, who was declared dead at the scene — a […]

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20 China evacuees in France showing coronavirus symptoms: health minister

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (AFP) — Around 20 of the 250 people flown back to France from China Sunday because of the coronavirus outbreak are presenting symptoms of the virus, the country’s health minister said. “About 20 people who presented symptoms have stayed on the tarmac” at Istres airport in the south of France, Agnes Buzyn told journalists. They included French and non-European nationals. Army medics there were carrying out tests to establish whether or not they […]

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US military ready to house 1,000 for virus quarantine

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States military will provide accommodation for 1,000 people if they need to be quarantined because of the deadly novel coronavirus, the Department of Defense said. Several facilities each capable of housing at least 250 people in individual rooms will be made available until February 29, the department said in a statement. The US is one of a number of countries isolating citizens returning from the center of […]

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Novel coronavirus fatalities reach 305 with first virus death outside China reported in PHL

  (Eagle News) — The number of confirmed deaths from the novel coronavirus rose to 305 on Sunday, Feb. 2 — 304 from China, and one in the Philippines, the first outside China where it originated. Total confirmed cases meanwhile rose to 14,599 — most of which are in China at 14,422. Additional confirmed cases were also reported in various countries, with Britain, Russia and Sweden confirming their first nCoV-2019 infections this weekend. With the […]

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President Duterte orders establishment of quarantine facility to prevent nCoV spread

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the establishment of a repatriation and quarantine facility, as he ordered a mandatory 14-day quarantine for Filipinos and Philippine permanent resident visa holders coming from China and any of its special administrative regions. In his written directive released by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Sunday, Feb. 2, President Duterte also ordered a temporary ban on foreign travelers, regardless of nationality,  from China and its special administrative regions within 14 […]

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UPDATED: PHL confirms second novel coronavirus case; second case died on Saturday, DOH says

(Eagle News)–Health Secretary  Francisco Duque III confirmed on Sunday, Feb. 2, the country’s second coronavirus -acute respiratory disease case, also the first death of its kind in the country. In a televised press conference, Duque said the Chinese male companion of the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the country, the 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, China, died yesterday, Saturday, Feb. 1, after suffering complications as well. The 44-year-old man had tested positive […]

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President Duterte orders temporary ban on travelers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a temporary ban on travelers from mainland China and its special administrative regions Hong Kong and Macau. Senator Bong Go made the disclosure in an interview over dzbb, following the country’s confirmation of its first novel coronavirus case. “Taking into consideration the concerns raised by key government officials and health experts, the President made a decision and has agreed to adopt this recommendation and implement it immediately as additional […]

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3.6-magnitude earthquake hits Davao Occidental

(Eagle News)–A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Sunday, Feb. 2. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 3:54 a.m., had its epicenter 171 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of focus of 136 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.

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Alert level 3 still hoisted over Taal volcano as it continues to spew steam-laden plumes

Earthquakes also recorded (Eagle News)–An alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal volcano as it continued to spew steam-laden plumes 50 to 100 meters tall. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said Taal continued its seismic activity as well, with the Taal Volcano Network recording 153 volcanic earthquakes including two low-frequency events. “These earthquakes signify magmatic activity beneath the Taal edifice that could lead to eruptive activity at the main crater,” PHIVOLCS said. Sulfur […]

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