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(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease-2019 cases in the country has breached the 8000 mark, after the Department of Health reported 254 new cases on Wednesday, April 29. With the new cases, the total COVID-19 cases in the country now stand at 8212. According to DOH data, the total number of recoveries has, however, breached the 1000 mark, at 1023, including the 48 new recoveries. Twenty-eight new deaths were reported, for a total […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has reached 4195. This was after the Department of Health on Friday, April 10, announced 119 new COVID-19 cases. The agency also announced 16 new recoveries, bringing the total to 140. Eighteen new deaths have been announced, for a total of 221. President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon to April 30. Congress has given the President additional […]
By Agence France Presse The coronavirus pandemic is the worst global crisis since World War II, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, expressing concern that it could trigger conflicts around the world. Guterres said that the scale of the crisis was due to “a disease that represents a threat to everybody in the world and… an economic impact that will bring a recession that probably has no parallel in the recent past.” “The combination […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — More cases of the new coronavirus outside China along with warnings by major companies that their earnings could be hurt caused most stock markets to pull back on Friday. “Coronavirus was back at the top of the agenda on Friday, with a rising number of new cases in China and South Korea putting the fear in investors,” remarked Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell. More than 2,200 people have died […]
by Laurent THOMET Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak surged to 2,000 on Wednesday, as Chinese and international health officials warned against excessive measures to contain the epidemic. More than 74,000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries. The situation remains serious at the epicentre, with the director of a hospital in the central […]
by Laurent THOMET Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from China’s new coronavirus epidemic climbed past 1,100 on Wednesday but the number of new cases fell for a second straight day, as the World Health Organization urged global unity to combat the “grave threat”. As Beijing scrambles to contain the virus, the number of people infected on a cruise ship off Japan’s coast rose to 174 — the biggest cluster […]
