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New Mexico governor becomes substitute teacher amid Covid shortage

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The governor of New Mexico started work Wednesday as a substitute teacher, replacing one…

Boston hospital refuses heart transplant to unvaccinated patient

BOSTON, United States (AFP) -- A hospital in Boston refused to perform a heart transplant on a patient who had…

Biden admin withdraws Covid vaccination mandate for businesses

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday formally withdrew the Covid vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses…

Moderna begins trial of Omicron-specific vaccine booster

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US biotech company Moderna announced on Wednesday that it has begun clinical trials of a…

From critical risk, PHL classified under “high risk” due to decrease in percentage of Covid growth

Davao City topping other areas with high number of new Covid-19 cases on Jan. 24 alarms President Duterte (Eagle News)…

Austria to end lockdown for Covid unvaccinated

VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austria on Wednesday announced it was ending a lockdown for those unvaccinated as it prepares to…

PHL’s new Covid-19 numbers continue to drop as DOH records 15,789 new cases

New recoveries outnumber new Covid cases for fifth straight day   (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported 15,789…

Covid-hit Australian warship delivers disaster aid to Tonga

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) -- A coronavirus-hit Australian warship docked in Tonga on Wednesday, delivering desperately needed aid to the volcano-and-tsunami-struck…

DOH reports three more Omicron deaths, bringing total fatalities due to this variant to five

  (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported three more Omicron deaths, bringing the total deaths due to this…

Omicron risk remains very high: WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The risk level related to the Omicron variant remains very high, the WHO said late Tuesday,…

WHO board nominates chief Tedros for May re-election

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is all but guaranteed a second term after a…

Pfizer-BioNTech begin Omicron vaccine trial: statement

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Pfizer and BioNTech have begun enrollment for a clinical trial to test the safety and…

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