Tag: covid

Davao de Oro governor’s office closed for 3 days after employee tests positive for COVID-19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxWF0XKQ2Uc&feature=youtu.be   (Eagle News) — The governor’s office of Davao de Oro has been temporarily closed after one of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. Office work has been suspended for three days, from Jan. 27 to 29, so disinfection procedures on the premises could be done. One employee also underwent quarantine procedures after exposure to the COVID-19 case. The Office of the Governor is located in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley. (With a report from Jenivie […]

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DOH creates vaccination centers nationwide in preparation for national immunization vs COVID-19

  (Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that it has created “vaccine operation centers” nationwide in preparation for the arrival of vaccines against COVID-19. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the DOH has also set up the vaccine operation centers in all of the DOH’s regional offices, and have also downloaded the needed readiness assessment tools for all local government units. With these tools, Vergeire said that they can assess gaps in […]

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AstraZeneca vaccine row sets EU, UK on collision course

  by Marc BURLEIGH with Jitendra JOSHI in London Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — EU demands that AstraZeneca make up delays of its Covid-19 vaccine by supplying doses from its UK factories on Wednesday risked setting the bloc and Britain on a post-Brexit collision course. Both the European Union and former member Britain insisted the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company uphold contractual delivery promises to each of them — even as the company said there […]

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Daily virus deaths hit new record as nations shut borders

by Agence France Presse bureaus Daily global deaths from Covid-19 topped 18,000 for the first time Wednesday, the latest reminder of the pandemic’s devastating impact as governments tightened restrictions in a bid to contain alarming new coronavirus strains. With vaccines seen as the only real chance of returning to some form of normality, a row erupted between the European Union and drugs firm AstraZeneca over supplies. And in Lebanon, a third night of clashes was […]

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Hong Kong turns to ‘ambush lockdowns’ to fight virus

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong has begun using “ambush lockdowns” to suddenly close off and test everyone inside neighbourhoods where coronavirus cases have spiked, as a spate of recent outbreaks lay bare the rampant inequality in the wealthy Chinese finance hub. Police cordoned off a row of densely packed tenement buildings in the Yau Ma Tei area overnight on Tuesday through to Wednesday morning to conduct mandatory tests. The new tactic involves authorities […]

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S.Africa president blasts vaccine hoarding at Davos forum

PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday lashed “vaccine nationalism,” accusing rich countries of bulk-buying coronavirus vaccines and hoarding them to the detriment of others. Addressing the all-virtual 2021 World Economic Forum (WEF), Ramaphosa said low- and middle-income countries were being shouldered aside by wealthier nations able to acquire “up to four times what their population needs”. “We are concerned about vaccine nationalism,” he warned. “Rich countries in the world are […]

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Pres. Duterte explains why he reversed IATF resolution; says UK variant infecting even kids

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he was just taking precautionary measures when he decided to reverse the earlier resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases on regarding the easing of restrictions for children aged 10 to 14 years in Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) areas. The 75-year old Philippine leader, who is also a doting grandfather, said that it is best to be extra careful especially with the […]

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Pres. Duterte advises Filipinos to wear masks properly, wash hands often amid UK variant entry

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to all Filipinos to strictly follow minimum health protocols such as wearing of face masks, frequent hand washing and social distancing amid the entry of the highly infectious B.1.1.7 variant of the COVID-19 virus that was first detected in the United Kingdom. The 75-year old Philippine leader noted the rising COVID-19 cases in the country, which have now reached more than 500,000. If the situation worsens, the […]

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World lost equivalent of 255 million jobs in 2020: UN

  by Nina LARSON Agence France Presse The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said Monday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost. In a fresh study, the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) found that a full 8.8 percent of global working hours were lost in 2020, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. That is equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs, […]

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DOH recommends lockdown extension in Bontoc as clustering of UK variant cases noted

At least 11 cases of B.1.17 variant came from 1 barangay in Bontoc   (Eagle News) – The Department of Health is recommending the lockdown extension in Bontoc for another two weeks as majority of the recent COVID-19 cases found positive for the UK variant came from the province. The DOH have monitored the clustering of cases in Bontoc province based on positive samples for the B.1.1.7 variant, or the highly infectious variant first detected […]

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PHL at 32nd spot for weeks among countries with COVID-19 cases, based on Johns Hopkins data

PHL is 2nd ASEAN country with most COVID-19 cases after Indonesia   (Eagle News) – The Philippines has dropped to no. 32 among countries with the most number of COVID-19 cases from 19th place four months ago. This was according to the virus dashboard of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Monday, Jan. 25. The country has 513,619 COVID-19 cases and 10,242 deaths as of that date. Even the Philippine government has observed that the […]

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Czech trainers teach dogs to sniff out Covid

by Jan FLEMR Agence France Presse In a dog training centre built inside a shipping container located in a Czech mountain village, Renda, Cap and Laky are being put to the test. They sniff at six vessels, each containing a piece of cloth with scent from patients with Covid-19, negative donors, or fake samples. “Good boy!” exclaims Lenka Vlachova, a trainer working at Prague’s fire brigade, as jagdterrier Renda sits down by one sample, wagging […]

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