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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Pfizer announced Friday that it wants to test a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in the under-fives, as the low dosage such small children can handle may not offer the same protection that older children enjoy from just two shots. The company does not expect the change to affect its plans to file for emergency use authorization in the United States in the first half of next year. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines reached a vaccination milestone on Thursday, December 16, when it first breached 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines that have been administered since the vaccination began last March. The National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) said that on Thursday, the total vaccine doses that have been administered so far reached 100,019,137. Of this number, over 43 millionhave already been fully vaccinated representing 55.78 percent of the target population. As of […]
by Agence France Presse bureaus GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization warned Tuesday Omicron was spreading at an unprecedented rate and urged countries to act, as drug maker Pfizer said its coronavirus pill was effective against the variant. Dutch primary schools will close early as Europe battles a fresh wave of infections and hospital admissions, while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a major parliamentary test seeking to impose fresh Covid curbs. […]
COVID-19 positivity rate down to below 1 percent for the first time (Eagle News) – The Department of Health recorded only 235 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, December 14, with 780 new recoveries and only 10 new deaths. The 235 new COVID cases on Tuesday represented a new record low for virus cases reported in a single day for this year. Because of this, the total active COVID-19 cases have gone down to just […]
Asks Comelec to issue guidelines/reminders on social distancing in political gatherings (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would be turning over the reins of power to his successor in June next year knowing that he did his best to serve the Filipino people. “I said that as I step down in June 2022, it will be my highest honor to turn over the reins of power to my successor knowing that in […]
402 new COVID cases added on Sunday, Dec. 12, but new COVID deaths reach 184 (Eagle News) – The total active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines went down further to just 11,255 even as 402 new virus cases were added on Sunday, December 12. This was because there were more recoveries reported at 509 compared to new cases. Total recoveries reached 2,775,057 or 97.8 percent of the 2,836,592 total COVID-19 cases recorded since the […]
Positivity rate down to just 1.1 percent as COVID deaths breach 50K (Eagle News) – The Philippines’ total active COVID-19 cases went further down to just 11,373 as only 356 new cases were reported on Saturday, December 11, with new recoveries reaching 878 or more than double the new cases. According to the Department of Health (DOH), the country’s positivity rate has also gone down to just 1.1 percent, a new record low. The […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan on Friday said it was investigating whether a mouse bite may have been responsible for a worker at a high-security laboratory testing positive for the coronavirus, the island’s first local infection in weeks. Health officials are scrambling to work out how a female employee at Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s top research institute, contracted the virus last month. Thanks to largely closed borders and strict quarantines, Taiwan has managed to stay […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — India and its neighbours should fully reopen schools to address the interrupted education of more than 400 million children whose classrooms were shut by the coronavirus pandemic, UNICEF said Thursday, with a top official warning the consequences could last decades. Schools in Bangladesh were closed for almost 18 months, one of the longest closures in the world, the UN children’s agency said, while schools in other South Asian countries were […]
“Evushield” to be used only for those who have a weakened immune system or those who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US health authorities on Wednesday authorized the use of synthetic antibodies developed by AstraZeneca to prevent Covid-19 infections in people who react badly to vaccines. It was the first time the Food and Drug Administration has given emergency authorization for such a purely preventative treatment. The FDA […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Countries considering introducing vaccine mandates in the fight against Covid-19 must ensure they respect human rights, the UN rights chief said Wednesday, stressing that forced vaccination was never acceptable. Speaking to a Human Rights Council seminar via video message, Michelle Bachelet warned there were significant rights considerations that needed to be taken into account before making vaccination compulsory. Any “vaccine mandates must comply with the principles of legality, necessity, proportionality […]
But new COVID deaths still high at 171 (Eagle News) – The Department of Health recorded 370 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, December 8, bringing the total active cases to just 12,510, the lowest so far since May 2020. On Tuesday, December 7, the new COVID-19 cases reported were even lower at just 356. The percentage of total active cases has also gone down to just 0.4 percent of total COVID-19 cases, the lowest since […]
