Tag: COVID tests

Travel groups call to stop pre-flight Covid tests for vaccinated passengers

  SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — An international coalition of travel-related organizations called on the US government Wednesday to stop requiring vaccinated passengers to present a negative Covid test before boarding US-bound flights. “Travel and aviation’s recovery is dependent on the government taking steps to remove travel restrictions that are no longer justified by current circumstances,” the group argued in a letter addressed to White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeffrey Zients. Among the 29 […]

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Elephants in India tested for coronavirus after rare lion’s death

Nasal and anal samples taken from 28 elephants at a forest reserve in India   COIMBATORE, India (AFP) — Twenty-eight elephants have been tested for Covid-19 at a forest reserve in southern India, officials said Wednesday, after the reported death of a rare Asiatic lion from the virus. In what is believed to be the first known death of an animal in India from the coronavirus, a nine-year-old lioness at a zoo in Chennai in […]

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Individuals tested for COVID-19 in PHL top 3.87 million, with 10.1% turning positive

  (Eagle News) – The number of individuals tested in the country for COVID-19 have reached more than 3.87 million as of Sunday, Oct. 11, as the government tries to reach more Filipinos in its targeted mass testing campaign. Based on data from the Department of Health, there were 3,876,311 individuals who had themselves tested for COVID-19 in the country and 10.1 percent of them tested positive. Confirmed cases were 339,341 representing 0.31 percent of […]

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More than 1 million Filipinos have taken COVID-19 tests, says DOH data

  (Eagle News) – More than 1 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted so far in the Philippines, based on data from the Department of Health. The end of July target of 1 million tests was reached on July 16 when the DOH reported than 1,009,511 inidividuals have been already tested for COVID-19 tests done.   As of Saturday, July 18, the number of individuals who have been given COVID-19 tests reached 1,058,764 already. This […]

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