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Some 2 million Pfizer doses still to be used by Jerome TAYLOR Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong may soon have to throw away millions of coronavirus vaccine doses because they are approaching their expiry date and not enough people have signed up for the jabs, an official warned Tuesday. Hong Kong is one of the few places in the world fortunate enough to have secured more than enough doses […]
Padilla urges more Filipinos to enlist for vaccine shots, avoid superspreader events https://youtu.be/GjpEwcbGTXc (Eagle News) – Over four million people have already been vaccinated in the country, according to National Task Force against COVID-19 spokesperson Ret. Gen. Restituto Padilla. This is just around 3 percent of the total population which is still very far from the 70 percent that are needed to be vaccinated against COVID-19, he said in an interview with the […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjNBkdnIM2A (Eagle News) — In Central America, Panama has closed the door to travelers trying to enter the country from Colombia. The Panama national government, through a statement released by its foreign ministry, said it had to “temporarily suspend the entry into the national territory by land, sea and river routes of any person coming from the border with the Republic of Colombia, as of May 20, 2021.” Panama only has a total […]
Percentage of total active cases at 4.1 percent, the lowest so far this year (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) announced the addition of 4,973 new COVID-19 cases in the country on Monday, May 24, bringing to 1,184,706 the total COVID cases in the country. The number of new cases was higher than Sunday’s 3,083 reported cases. But the total active cases in the country dropped to only 48,917 cases (from Sunday’s […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) — A 39-year-old British woman died in a Cypriot hospital after a blood clotting incident after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the official Cyprus News Agency said Monday. Charalambos Charilaou, the spokesperson for the state health services, told CNA that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) would investigate the death. The woman, treated at Nicosia General Hospital’s intensive care unit, received the first dose of the vaccine on May 6 in the […]
Belmonte, who got COVID twice, says “the best vaccine is the one readily available” (Eagle News) – Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte said she was just got her first COVID-19 vaccine shot on Monday, May 24. She said she got the Sinovac dose. Belmonte, in a post at the Quezon City government’s Facebook page, explained that she booked for a vaccine shot through the EZConsult website so she would experience the whole process of […]
(Eagle News) — One of the seafarers of MV Athens Bridge who tested positive for the COVID-19 variant first detected in India has died. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the seafarer—who had been staying in Paranaque–died last week. The other three patients with the same B.1.617 variant are recovering. No other details were made available. The MV Athens Bridge–which had come from India—was allowed to dock in Manila early May despite a travel ban […]
(Eagle News) — An improvised pool party in Novaliches, Quezon City became a super-spreader event for COVID-19 where 51 tested positive for the virus recently. Because of this Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte again issued a “stern warning to residents who organize and join large social gatherings that may cause coronavirus outbreaks in the City.” Sge also ordered a probe of the officials of Barangay Nagkaisang Nayon where the pool party happened. “Lahat ng mga […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,179,812 on Sunday, May 23, after the Department of Health reported 3,083 additional cases. According to the DOH, the data represents results submitted by all operational laboratories on May 21 except for three. The department said these three laboratories that did not submit data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System represent 4.1 percent of the total samples tested and 2.6 percent of the total number of […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. According to recent Philippine National Police data, the additional 115 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 22754. Almost 100–or 92–recoveries pushed the recovery total to 21,208. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 63. Earlier, PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar expressed his condolences to the family of the PNP’s latest COVID-19 fatality, a 55-year-old police captain assigned […]
(Eagle News)– COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,178,217 on Saturday, May 22, after the Department of Health reported 6,831 additional cases. The DOH said only three laboratories did not submit data to the COVID-19 Documentary Repository System. Of the total cases in the Philippines, 54,326 were active. Of these, 93.6 percent were mild cases, 1.9 percent asymptomatic, 1.9 percent severe, 1.4 percent critical, and 1.26 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1103945, including the […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered a probe into the “under-the-table” sale of government-purchased COVID-19 vaccines. Eleazar gave the order to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, following viral social media posts showing the sale of vaccine slots in some local government units. The prices depend on the COVID-19 vaccine brand, Eleazar said, and range from P10,000 to P15,000. “Ang mga bakuna ay donasyon at binili ng ating pamahalaan para ibigay ng […]
