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Chinese city rushes to build massive Covid-19 quarantine centre

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Thousands of prefabricated rooms fill a vast field on the outskirts of China's Shijiazhuang city…

Pres. Duterte dares senators to get Pfizer jab as Norway probes 23 deaths after vaccine shots

  (Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte said that senators who had been criticizing government negotiators and even health officials…

Malacanang defends PHL gov’t’s bilateral negotiations on COVID-19 vaccine acquisition

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang defended the Philippine government’s bilateral negotiations on COVID-19 vaccine acquisition for the country, saying that…

World facing ‘catastrophic’ moral failure on vaccines: WHO chief

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The world is on the "brink of a catastrophic moral failure" if rich countries hog…

Global vaccine campaign gains pace as Brazil approves AstraZeneca, Sinovac jabs

  by Agence France Presse Bureaus SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- The global Covid-19 vaccination drive gained pace Sunday as…

Nine more are QC residents in Emirates flight boarded by B.1.1.7 variant-positive case

QC isolating 143 individuals in all, including contacts of "close contacts"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUQYqY37mg4&feature=youtu.be (Eagle News) --  Quezon City mayor Joy…

World migration down 30 percent due to pandemic: UN

  UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- The coronavirus pandemic has slowed global migration by nearly 30 percent, with around two million…

WHO meeting urges increased virus sequencing to combat variants

by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization's emergency committee called Friday for globally-ramped…

UK to require all arrivals quarantine as virus deaths rise

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said that all arrivals to the UK…

Concerns as India to roll out home-grown vaccine Covaxin

by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France Presse BHOPAL, India (AFP) -- A homegrown coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out in India…

JUST IN: Patients, staff trapped in rubble of hospital flattened by Indonesia quake

  More than a dozen patients and staff are trapped beneath the rubble of a hospital that was flattened when…

WHO team arrives in Wuhan for virus investigation

  by Nicolas ASFOURI Agence France Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) -- A team of experts from the World Health Organization…

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