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TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Sunday announced 117 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the overall official toll to 4,474, even as it eased some restrictions that had been imposed to slow the spread of the illness. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour also told a news conference that 1,657 new infections had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 71,686. Iran has carried out 263,388 tests for the virus […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) announced 220 new confirmed COVID-19 cases bringing the country’s total to 4,648. The COVID-19 related deaths also increased the past day as 50 more fatalities were recorded. This brings to 297 the virus-related fatalities in the country, as of 4 p.m. Sunday, April 12. There were also 40 new recoveries reported bringing the country’s total to 197. Health Undersecretary Dra. Maria Rosario Vergeire said that they […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson was making “very good progress” on Saturday in his recovery in hospital from coronavirus, officials said, as the country’s deaths toll from the disease approached the grim milestone of 10,000. The 55-year-old leader was spending his second full day out of intensive care at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital, where he has been able to take short walks between periods of rest, according to Downing […]
(Eagle News) – Coronavirus related deaths in the United States climbed to more than 20,600 as COVID-19 infected more than half a million Americans, according to the latest data from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The JHU’s COVID-19 dashboard on global cases also showed that the US still topped more than 180 countries with confirmed COVID-19 infections, with total infections reaching almost 530,000 (529,887) with more than 20,600 deaths (20,604 deaths) and at least […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health has changed its classification on COVID-19 cases. Coronavirus cases are now classified as probable, suspect and confirmed cases, according to DOH Administrative Order 2020-0013 signed on April 9 by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. The new classification and order was effective immediately. Before this, the DOH classified individuals possibly exposed to COVID-19 cases as persons under monitoring (PUMs), while those already exhibiting coronavirus symptoms were listed as […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Las Piñas has climbed to 56. In an update on Saturday, April 11, the local government said of the 56, one each was from Almanza Uno, Almanza Dos, Barangay Elias Aldana, and Talon Singko; two from Barangay Daniel Fajardo, Manuyo Uno, Pulanglupa Uno and Pamplona Tres; three each from Pamplona Uno, Pulanglupa Dos, and Talon Uno; four each from Pamplona Dos, Talon Kuwatro and Zapote; five […]
(Eagle News) – Coronavirus cases in the country continued to increase, rising to 4,428 with the addition of 233 new cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Saturday, April 11, 2020. COVID-related deaths also increased. The latest reported fatalities were 26, bringing to 247 the number of virus-related death in the Philippines. The DOH recorded 17 patients who recovered. “This brings the total number of recoveries to 157. The DOH said that the […]
by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — As COVID-19 tests become more widely available across the US, scientists have warned about a growing concern: Many people with negative results might actually have the virus. That could have devastating implications as a global recession looms and governments wrangle with the question of when to reopen economies shuttered as billions of people were ordered to stay home in an effort to break […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with COVID-19 patients has found the virus can travel up to 13 feet (four meters) — twice the distance current guidelines say people should leave between themselves in public. The preliminary results of the investigation by Chinese researchers were published Friday in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They add to […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Bulacan has reached 58. The provincial health office said this was after another COVID-19 case was reported on Wednesday. The total number of deaths has reached 14 after a 51-year-old male from Malolos passed away. The Philippines has so far recorded over 4000 COVID-19 cases. President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the enhanced community quarantine to April 30.
by Data team and Agence France Presse bureaus PARIS, France (AFP) — The first person to officially die from the novel coronavirus was a 61-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan on January 9. Now, three months later, by April 10, more than 100,000 people have succumbed to the disease. First Asia, then Europe in March and now the United States have each, in turn, become the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced more than […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Google and Apple unveiled a joint initiative Friday to use smartphones to trace coronavirus contacts to battle the pandemic. The move brings together the largest mobile operating systems in an effort to use smartphone technology to track and potentially contain the global COVID-19 outbreak. Smartphones powered by Apple software and Google-backed Android operating system would be able to exchange information with a joint “opt in system.” The tech giants […]
