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(Eagle News) – Foreign nationals will no longer be allowed to enter the country while the enhanced community quarantine is enforced to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacanang said Sunday night, March 22. The order took effect on Sunday, March 22, as the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases approved the earlier Department of Foreign Affairs directive on the suspension of all visas and visa-free privileges to foreign nationals. […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain on Sunday announced 394 new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus, raising to 1,720 the official death toll in Europe’s worst-hit country after Italy, a 30 percent increase over the previous day. The number of confirmed cases of the disease rose by 3,646, or 14.6 percent, to 28,572, according to health ministry figures, with officials warning infections will rise further in the coming days. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Sunday sent the first of nine military planes which are to take a total of 100 army virus experts and medics to Italy to help fight the coronavirus pandemic there. The Russian defence ministry said the aid mission was agreed by President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. They spoke on the phone Saturday evening, the Kremlin said. The military transport planes arrived overnight at an […]
(Eagle News) – Italy’s death toll due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has exceeded that of China as virus cases continued to rise dramatically in this European country, becoming the country with the most number of COVID-19 fatalities. Deaths due to the coronavirus disease in Italy has hit 4,825 which is more than China’s death toll of 3,265, based on data from the information collated by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Italy’s COVID-19 deaths […]
(Eagle News)–Singapore is donating 3000 coronavirus disease 2019 kits to the Philippines. This is according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., who made the announcement in a Tweet on Sunday, March 22. According to Locsin, Singapore will also give one thermal cycler or PCR machine. The machine is used for diagnosis. The Philippines has so far recorded 380 COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths.
by Dmitry Zaks, with AFP bureaus Nearly one billion people around the world were confined to their homes on Sunday, as the coronavirus death toll crossed 13,000 and factories were shut in worst-hit Italy after another single-day fatalities record. The raging pandemic has forced lockdowns in 35 countries across the globe, disrupting lives, travel and businesses as governments scramble to shut borders and unleash hundreds of billions in emergency measures to avoid a widespread virus-fuelled […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that another two Filipino nationals tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 abroad. In an advisory, the DFA said one was confined in local health facility in Brunei. He is in stable condition, according to the Ministry of Health of Brunei Darussalam. The other tested positive for COVID-19 in India, where he arrived early March. The Filipino was brought to the hospital after he complained of breathing […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China reported 46 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, including its first case of local transmission in four days. While the number of virus cases has been falling over the past few weeks in China, there has been growing concern around imported cases as countries around the world step up their fight against the pandemic. An estimated 900 million people in 35 countries are now confined to their homes, including 600 […]
(Eagle News) – Deaths due to the coronavirus worldwide had gone past 13,000 as total confirmed cases rose to more than 307,000, according to the latest statistics on the global cases collated by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its live COVID-19 dashboard, JHU’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) said that 92,372 have already recovered from the virus, and at least 72,354 from China alone. As China (with 81,345 total cases) reported […]
(Eagle News)–Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has tested negative for the coronavirus disease 2019. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire made the revelation in a radio interview on Sunday, March 22. Duque on Thursday said he had gone on self-quarantine as a precaution. Vergeire had said this was only as a precaution as Duque was considered “high-risk.” She said Duque would continue working from home. The Philippines has so far confirmed 380 COVID-19 cases, including 25 […]
(Eagle News) – The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has jumped to 380, after the addition of 73 new cases, an official of the Department of Health said on Sunday, March 22. Health Assistant Secretary Dra. Rosario Vergeire also announced that the death toll had risen to 25, from Saturday’s toll of only 19. In a radio interview over DZRH, Vergeire said that the additional 73 new cases were on top […]
by Dmitry Zaks, with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated sharply and the World Health Organization warned the young they were “not invincible”. The pandemic has completely upended lives across the planet, sharply restricting the movement of huge populations, shutting down schools and businesses, and forcing millions to work from home — while many have […]
