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(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that it is ready to repatriate by next week Filipinos trapped in Wuhan City, the epicenter of the highly contagious novel coronavirus, as well as in other areas in Hubei province who would opt to return home. In a statement, the DFA said the first batch of Filipinos would be repatriated next week “subject to China’s rules on disease containment, including immigration clearances, quarantine […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A total of 18 South Korean evacuees who arrived from the Chinese city of Wuhan have been hospitalised after showing symptoms, Seoul’s health authorities said Friday, as concerns mount about a wider outbreak of the SARS-like virus. A chartered plane carrying a total of 368 South Korean citizens arrived in the South from Wuhan, where the virus is believed to have emerged from an animal and seafood market, on […]
(Eagle News) — The crew of the Philippine Airlines flight that took the 38-year-old woman who was confirmed as the country’s first novel coronavirus case from Dumaguete to Manila has been quarantined. PAL said in a statement it has placed in quarantine in particular the pilot and the four crew members of the January 25 PR 2542 flight. The airlines said the Bureau of Quarantine, on the other hand, will take charge of placing the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Radioactive water from the stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima should be released into the ocean or vaporised into the air, an expert panel advised the Japanese government on Friday. The proposal is non-binding and sets no deadline for the government to decide or carry out procedures to deal with the water. The panel has been weighing the issue for more than three years, but a decision is becoming urgent as space […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China sent two planes to Malaysia and Thailand on Friday to bring “stranded” Hubei province residents back to the virus-stricken city of Wuhan, authorities said. The Xiamen Airlines flights will pick up the Chinese nationals from Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia and the Thai capital Bangkok, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). There are 117 nationals from Hubei province in Bangkok and 100 in Kota Kinabalu who are “willing […]
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon and Visayas today, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, Aurora, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with light rains as a result. Visayas, Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Mindanao, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies […]
by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The coming five years are anticipated to be warmest period on record, Britain’s Met Office said Thursday, warning of an outside chance of Earth breaching the Paris deal 1.5C temperature rise cap before 2024. In a regular “decadal forecast” looking at predicted near-term climate trends, it said that each year between 2020-2024 is set to be 1.06-1.62C hotter than historical averages. The Met Office forecast it “likely” […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The French parliament on Thursday passed a law forbidding retailers from destroying unsold clothes and banning single-use plastic containers by 2040, part of the government’s efforts to reduce waste. The bill adopted by the Senate, after being cleared by the lower house National Assembly last week, bans fast-food restaurants from serving food that is not for takeaway in plastic containers beyond 2023. All single-use plastic packaging will be banned 17 years […]
(Eagle News) — Cebu Pacific will be reducing its flights between the Philippines, mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. In an advisory, CebuPac said the reduction would be in effect from Feb. 5 to March 29, amid the threat of the novel coronavirus. The budget carrier said passengers affected by flight cancellations have already been notified. Those with cancelled flights have the following options: Rebook the flight (new flight date within 30 days of original […]
by Sébastien RICCI WUHAN, China (AFP) — France is preparing to airlift hundreds of its citizens from the Chinese city at the center of a deadly coronavirus outbreak, but one Frenchman is staying put. Philippe Klein is head of the International SOS Hospital in Wuhan, the first city to be locked down by Chinese authorities as they battle the spread of the virus. “It’s not an act of heroism. It’s been well thought out, it’s […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health will recommend the expansion of the temporary ban for travelers from Hubei, China to the Philippines to travelers from other Chinese provinces. Health spokesperson Eric Domingo, who read from a statement on Friday, Jan. 31, did not specifically say what these other provinces were but said the recommendation was as “new information on the increasing number of cases per region rises.” So far, Domingo said the number of […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Prominent figures in Chinese communities in Italy warned Thursday of episodes of “latent racism” against their compatriots by Italians fearful of catching a deadly viral outbreak. Tensions increased after some 7,000 people were held on a cruise ship in an Italian port following the isolation of two Chinese passengers over fears they could be carrying the coronavirus, despite preliminary tests coming up negative. Italian newspapers have reported cases of bullying or […]
