COVID 19

Asian markets hit by Moderna vaccine warning over Omicron

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Asian equity and oil traders were sent running Tuesday after the head of Moderna…

Moderna boss says vaccines likely no match for Omicron: FT

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Existing Covid-19 jabs will struggle against the Omicron variant and it will take months…

Pfizer already working on Covid vaccine targeting Omicron: CEO

  NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Pfizer has already started working on a version of its Covid-19 vaccine specifically…

S.Africa could top 10,000 daily Covid cases this week: epidemiologist

  by Sofia CHRISTENSEN Agence France Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- The newly-discovered Omicron variant is likely to fuel…

World races to contain new Covid variant

  by Joris FIORITI with Danny KEMP in The Hague and AFP bureaus Agence France Presse SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AFP) --…

US, Canada restrict travel from southern Africa as new variant sparks concern

by Daniel Woolls with AFP bureaus The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries Friday to…

New Covid variant raises fears of next delta, or worse

by Paul RICARD Agence France Presse It is, scientists say, the most worrying Covid-19 variant since delta and perhaps ever.…

WTO’s big conference postponed due to new Covid variant

by Agnès PEDRERO Next week's World Trade Organization ministerial conference, the global trade body's biggest gathering in four years, was…

Concerns in PHL as new COVID “supervariant” B.1.1.529 detected in “green” territories South Africa, Hong Kong

High number of mutations of B.1.1.529 raise alarm bells, as PHL eases restrictions for fully vaccinated passengers from "green" countries…

PHL records only 984 new COVID cases as total active cases drop to below 20k

Total active cases only 0.7 percent of total COVID-19 cases reported since the pandemic began   (Eagle News) -- The…

Fresh Dutch Covid lockdown as 10 EU states at ‘high concern’

European governments on Friday eyed unpopular Covid curbs, with the Netherlands opting for Western Europe's first partial lockdown of the…

PHL targets to inoculate 15-M Filipinos during Nat’l Covid Vaccination from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1

(Eagle News) – The Philippines targets to vaccinate at least 15 million individuals in the three days of National Covid-19…

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