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by Natalie HANDEL Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A survey of people hospitalised for Covid-19 found those with chronic liver disease and a history of alcohol abuse were 80 percent more likely to die from the virus and less likely to receive life-saving intubation. In research to be presented this week at the International Liver Congress, researchers based in France analysed the national database of 259,000 Covid patients admitted to hospitals in 2020. […]
Tells DepEd chief that he “cannot gamble” with children’s health amid presence of more contagious COVID variants (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is not yet ready to allow the resumption of face-to-face classes in primary and secondary schools. In his “Talk to the People” on Monday night, June 22, Duterte made his views known to Education Secretary Leonor Briones who was initially seeking to allow “face to face classes” in […]
Tells Filipinos COVID-19 first wave already depleted gov’t resources (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said the country could not afford a second wave of the COVID-19 virus, as he directed the reimplementation of the mandatory wearing of face shields and directed Filipinos to get vaccinated. Duterte, in his “Talk to the People” on June 21, said that the highly infectious and more aggressive Delta variant is what changed his mind regarding the wearing […]
by Francesco FONTEMAGGI Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — As the Covid pandemic recedes dramatically in the West, Europe is opening its doors to Americans — but the reverse is not holding true, with the United States not budging on restrictions imposed 15 months ago. US President Joe Biden has hailed progress on vaccination, with a goal of reaching 70 percent of Americans with at least one dose by July 4, and […]
One Delta variant case can infect up to 8 people (Eagle News) — Health experts described the “Delta variant” as “very scary” as it could infect up to eight people at a time, and could cause an “India-like surge” in the country. Among the variants, the Delta variant, which was first detected in India, is the most infectious and is responsible for the third wave of COVID-19 cases in many countries, including the United […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded the lowest percentage of active COVID-19 cases this month on Monday, June 21, at 4.1 percent as the number of active cases decreased to 55,847. Total COVID-19 cases reached 1,364,239 in the country, but most of these are recoveries at 1,284,643 representing 94.7 percent of all COVID-19 cases as of Monday. Most of the active cases are still mild and asymptomatic at 95.5 percent, with 4.1 percent of them […]
Baliatakayan interviews Filipino Nurses United Secretary General Jocelyn Andamo on Monday, June 21, 2021, about the Philippine government’s move to increase the deployment cap on nurses and other health care workers who want to work abroad. Andamo said that the increase of the cap by 1,500 is not enough, and appealed for this to be further raised to accommodate the number of newly hired heath care workers abroad who could not leave the […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines detected 39 more COVID-19 variant cases in the country, including four cases of the Delta variant, the highly infection double mutation variant first found in India. This brings the total Delta variant cases in the country to 17. The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines – Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines – National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) also reported on […]
(Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews Inter-Agency Task Force against COVID-19 spokesperson Ret. Gen. Restituto Padilla on Monday, June 21, 2021, on the activities being done by the government to control and prevent the entry of persons with the highly infectious Delta variant from entering the country. Padilla also talks about the other pressing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the wearing of face shields together with face masks. He said that President Rodrigo […]
by Louis GENOT Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil on Saturday became the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 Covid-19 deaths as the South American giant grapples with a third wave of the pandemic. “500,000 lives lost due to the pandemic that affects our Brazil and the world,” Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tweeted. The Health Ministry reported 500,800 deaths, including 2,301 in the last 24 hours, a […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs kicked off its COVID-19 vaccination program for its employees at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Saturday, June 20, following the national government’s opening of vaccination slots to members of the A4 category. The bureau did not say how many were so far inoculated under the “Resbakuna sa Bureau of Customs NAIA” COVID-19 vaccination program. The national government has said, however, that the aim was to have 50 […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s capital Moscow on Friday registered 9,056 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours, a record since the start of the pandemic, according to government statistics. Some 9,056 new cases were recorded in the megapolis of 12 million in the past 24 hours, up from 3,000 two weeks ago and a new daily record since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020, according to official statistics. Country-wide, 17,262 new cases were […]
