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Points to another possible Delta variant case who lives in another city, but is working in a factory in QC (Eagle News) — The Quezon City government said a returning Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) from Saudi Arabia who arrived on June 24, but stayed in a hotel in Makati City, is the first confirmed Delta variant case in the city, even as it is closely monitoring another possible Delta variant case. Although classified as […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty-five more COVID-19 cases were reported among police personnel. According to recent Philippine National Police data, the additional cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases in the PNP to 29748. Of these, 1073 were active. Seventy-four additional recoveries also pushed the total recoveries, now at 28595. The death toll among police personnel due to COVID-19 is still at 80, with no additional deaths reported. COVID-19 vaccination of police personnel under the A4 category […]
Total Beta variant cases at 2,019, while total Alpha cases reach 1,773 (Eagle News) – The Philippines detected 55 more Delta variant cases in the country, bringing the total Delta variant infections to 119. This was announced by the Department of Health today, Sunday, July 25, after the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) of the University of the Philippines, as well as the UP National Institute of Health (UP-NIH) detected more variant cases. In fact, […]
(Eagle News) — Longer curfew hours in Metro Manila start today, July 25, as the government moves to curb the transmission of the highly transmissible Delta variant in the Philippines. According to Metro Manila Council Chair Benhur Abalos, instead of the previous 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. curfew, curfew is now from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. “Since the Delta variant spreads exponentially, we should not let our guards down and implement necessary restrictions to […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Drugmaker AstraZeneca said Saturday it was scouring its supply chain to find more doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for Southeast Asia, which is facing its most serious outbreak yet of the virus. The statement from the Anglo-Swedish company — which produces its vaccine in Thailand for use domestically and in neighbouring countries — comes in the wake of a supply shortage which has sparked heavy criticism of Thai Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam locked down eight million people in Hanoi on Saturday, the latest attempt to curb a serious coronavirus outbreak that has already forced a third of the country to stay home. Authorities reported more than 7,000 new infections across the nation on Friday — the third record number of daily infections in a week. The centre of the normally bustling capital was empty and shops were shuttered as the lockdown […]
by Marie Giffard with Rosa Sulleiro in Barcelona Agence France Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) — It’s over 35 degrees Celsius and although masks are no longer obligatory in the streets of Spain, masks are everywhere in Madrid as people fear soaring Covid cases. Unlike people in many other European countries who have dropped their masks, Spaniards have largely opted to hang onto the face coverings that have become part of the daily lives of […]
Nine of 12 new local Delta cases found in Metro Manila, 3 in CALABARZON (Eagle News) — At least 17 more Delta variant cases were detected by the Department of Health, 12 of which are local cases, bringing to 64 the total Delta variant cases as of Saturday, July 24. Nine of the local cases have addresses in Metro Manila, the DOH said. The Philippine Genome Center and the National Institutes of Health of […]
by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — With the Delta variant pushing US Covid cases back up, fully vaccinated people are wondering whether they need to start masking indoors again. Covid vaccines remain extremely effective against the worst outcomes of the disease — hospitalization and death — and breakthrough infections remain uncommon. But experts told AFP that one size doesn’t fit all, and people should consider factors like community transmission, […]
The Tokyo Olympics were declared open in an eerily empty stadium on Friday after defying a year’s pandemic delay and lingering coronavirus threats that will make them perhaps the most unusual Games in history. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito made the announcement against the backdrop of thousands of vacant seats at Tokyo’s 68,000-capacity Olympic Stadium, after Covid-19 forced organisers to ban spectators at all but a handful of venues. “I declare open the Games of Tokyo,” said […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Increased free testing, contact tracing and other steps are needed to fight the Covid-19 Delta variant, now dominant in much of Europe, the World Health Organization and the EU’s disease agency warned Friday. WHO Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issued a joint appeal for “reinforced efforts” by European countries to check the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant, first detected in India. “WHO recommends […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government’s top advisor on Covid-19 warned Friday that a new variant of the disease would “probably” emerge in the winter months this year. The country is currently battling an unprecedented spike in new cases caused by the more infectious Delta variant, which was first recorded in India. “We will probably have another variant arrive during the winter,” Jean-Francois Delfraissy, head of the French government’s scientific council, told the […]
