Tag: coronavirus

UK govt boosts vaccine funding as daily virus deaths fall

by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain on Sunday reported 170 more coronavirus deaths — its lowest number since late March, when lockdown restrictions were introduced, although the figures from Northern Ireland were not included. Prime Minister Boris Johnson meanwhile acknowledged public frustration with the restrictions imposed to fight the virus. The deaths take the government’s official rolling tally of fatalities, which includes all positive cases after tests, to 34,636 […]

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Russian newborn has coronavirus: health officials

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A baby was born with the coronavirus in Russia’s Caucasus region, health officials were quoted by TASS news agency as saying on Sunday, to a mother who is also infected. The birth in the North Ossetia city of Beslan follows one in mid-April in Peru, which health officials there said was the second known case of a COVID-19 positive newborn worldwide. In North Ossetia, “a pregnant woman was infected by […]

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Hamster tests show masks reduce coronavirus spread: scientists

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Tests on hamsters reveal the widespread use of facemasks reduces transmission of the deadly coronavirus, a team of leading experts in Hong Kong said Sunday. The research by the University of Hong Kong is some of the first to specifically investigate whether masks can stop symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers from infecting others. Led by Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, one of the world’s top coronavirus experts, the team placed hamsters […]

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Top China expert warns of potential second coronavirus wave; lack of immunity noted among population

  BEIJING, China (AFP) — China faces a potential second wave of coronavirus infections due to a lack of immunity among its population, its government’s senior medical advisor has warned. After months of lockdowns and curbs on travel China has largely brought the virus under control, but fears of a second wave have risen as clusters have emerged in northeast provinces and in the central city of Wuhan. “The majority of… Chinese at the moment […]

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Brazil’s coronavirus death toll tops 15,000: official figures

  SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll passed 15,000 on Saturday, official data showed, while its number of infections topped 230,000, making it the country with the fourth-highest number of cases in the world. With 15,633 deaths and 233,142 confirmed cases, Brazil — whose president Jair Bolsonaro has dismissed the disease as a “little flu” — is at the epicenter of infections in Latin America. Experts say under-testing means the real figures […]

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Latin America and Caribbean record 500,000 virus cases

  Latin America and the Caribbean have recorded more than half a million coronavirus infections, according to an AFP tally based on official reports. Almost half have been recorded in Brazil — the country worst-hit by the pandemic in the region — which also has more than 15,000 deaths. The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), probably reflect only a fraction of the actual […]

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Ex-Sen. Marcos talks of his COVID-19 experience, warns public to not be complacent with easing of lockdown

-Says danger of COVID-19 spread still there even under MECQ, GCQ- (Eagle News) – Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., said his COVID-19 experience had made him to identify and “sympathize very closely” with the thousands who had been infected with the virus, and called on Filipinos to still be vigilant and mindful of health protocols as lockdowns are eased. “I sympathize with them very closely, kasi dumaan ako doon,” he said in an exclusive […]

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WTO chief to step down early as global economic crisis rages

  by Nina LARSON Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Trade Organization chief announced Thursday he will step down on August 31, a year before his term ends, despite the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the global economy. Roberto Azevedo said it had been a “personal decision” reached with his family, and stressed that he was not leaving to pursue “political opportunities”. “This is a decision that I do not take lightly,” Azevedo told […]

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Dutch dog, cats infected with coronavirus

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch authorities on Friday reported the country’s first coronavirus case in a dog and infections in three cats, but said chances of contamination through pets were minimal. The eight-year-old bulldog belonged to a COVID-19 patient and appeared to have been infected by its owner, Dutch Agriculture Minister Carola Schouten said. The dog was put down at the end of April. The three cats were found at a mink farm where […]

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Typhoon Ambo forces 140,000 from homes in virus-hit Philippines

Over 140,000 people were forced into cramped shelters as a powerful typhoon hammered the Philippines on Friday, compounding the nation’s battle with the coronavirus pandemic. Typhoon Ambo (international name Vongfong) has dumped heavy rains since it roared ashore on Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in its path on the coast or in flimsy homes. The storm hit as tens of millions of Filipinos are hunkered down at home against the coronavirus, but […]

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Coronavirus vaccine may be ready in a year, says European Medicines Agency

  by Danny KEMP Agence France Presse THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — A vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be ready in a year’s time under an “optimistic” scenario, based on trials that are underway, the European Medicines Agency said Thursday. The Amsterdam-based EU agency also played down fears expressed by the WHO that the virus might never go away, saying it would be “surprised” if a vaccine was not found eventually. “We can see […]

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Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) in Hawaii conducts contact-free Aid to Humanity during COVID-19 crisis

by Alfred Acenas (EBC Hawaii Bureau) Eagle News Service PEARL CITY, Hawaii (Eagle News) – Amid fears of the ongoing novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) in Hawaii bravely conducted a contact-free, door-to-door food donation drive for their fellow neighbors, pursuant to upholding the essence of the Church’s Aid to Humanity program. Bags of rice, canned goods, toiletries, and other essential items were distributed in select communities […]

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