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26 more recover (Eagle News) — Seventeen more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18270. Twenty-six more recoveries also pushed the recoveries among Filipinos outside the country to 11220. The death toll is now at 1141, with the addition of 15 deaths. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization said Tuesday that a variant of Covid-19 feared to be contributing to a surge in coronavirus cases in India has been found in over a dozen countries. The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19 first found in India had as of Tuesday been detected in over 1,200 sequences uploaded to the GISAID open-access database “from at least 17 countries”. “Most sequences were uploaded from […]
Travel ban effective from April 29 to May 14 (Eagle News) — Malacanang has imposed a travel ban for those with travel history to India amid the emergence of more infectious variants there that caused an unprecedented spike in cases there. The travel ban will be in effect starting Thursday, April 29, until May 14. “All travelers coming from India or those with travel history to India within the last 14 days preceding arrival shall […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — The first emergency medical supplies trickled into Covid-stricken India on Tuesday as part of a global campaign to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot, with the United States also pledging to export millions of AstraZeneca vaccines. India’s infection and death rates are growing exponentially, overwhelming hospitals, in contrast to some wealthier Western nations that are starting to ease restrictions. The virus has now killed over 3.1 […]
(Eagle News) — The Special Adviser to the National Task Force on COVID-19 Dr. Ted Herbosa said that the critical care utilization of hospitals in Metro Manila is still high which warrants as extension of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in the Philippine capital and its surrounding provinces. In an interview with the Eagle News Service program, Balitalakayan, aired over NET 25, Dr. Herbosa also said that hospital bed utilization in Metro Manila […]
Explains cases still too high in his city compared to last March or February before the new surge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-lGoVXMiZk (Eagle News) — San Juan City mayor Francis Zamora said he is for an extension of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in Metro Manila to further ensure that COVID-19 cases would continue its decline. In an interview with the Eagle News Service program “Balitalakaya” aired over NET25, Zamora said that 17 Metro Manila mayors […]
PHL joins 25 other countries which have over 1 million total COVID-19 cases (Eagle News) – Philippine COVID-19 cases breached 1 million on Monday, April 26, with the addition of 8,929 cases, the Department of Health reported. Total COVID-19 cases on Monday reached 1,006,428, but most of these, 915,952, are recoveries. In fact, recovered patients accounted for 90.9 percent of total cases, the highest percentage so far since March 10. New recoveries added on Monday […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Joseph Estrada will be discharged from the hospital today, April 26. His son, former Senator Jinggoy Estrada, made the announcement in a Facebook post. The former senator thanked the doctors who attended to his father while he was recovering from COVID-19 in the hospital. He also expressed gratitude to all those who expressed their support for their family throughout the “harrowing experience.” “Muli, maraming maraming salamat sa inyong lahat!!!” the […]
by Ammar Karim and Salam Faraj Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — More than 80 people died Sunday when a fire ripped through a Baghdad hospital for Covid-19 patients, sparking outrage and the suspension of top officials overseeing Iraq’s crumbling health services. The blaze at eastern Baghdad’s Ibn al-Khatib hospital began when badly stored oxygen cylinders blew up, medics said. Many of the victims were on respirators and were burned or suffocated in […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. Recent Philippine National Police data showed the 128 additional recoveries pushed the recovery total to 17418. Over 100, or 141, additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 19536. Of these, 2065 were active. An additional death pushed the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 53. Earlier, the PNP said PNP Chief Debold Sinas had also tested positive for COVID-19. The police are […]
By Dr. Ma. Angela Leonor Aguinaldo Contributor/columnist I lost a close relative to Covid-19 this past week. It was unexpected. His family thought that he would make it but he did not. Sadly, this occurrence is not anything new. There is this stark reality that even with a sliver of hope, Covid-19 hits us where it hurts the most. Indeed, the news of my relative came along with other posts from close friends, […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s daily coronavirus death toll set a new record Saturday as the government battled to get oxygen to hospitals overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands of new daily cases. Twenty patients died in one night at one New Delhi hospital suffering from oxygen shortages, medical officials said. A Delhi court said that the new pandemic wave had become “a tsunami”. Queues of Covid-19 patients and their fearful relatives were […]
