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PHL records 17,677 new Covid cases, 37.2 percent positivity rate, the lowest since Jan. 6

New recoveries at 33,144 bringing down total active cases to 247,451 (Eagle News) – The number of new Covid-19 cases…

‘Nightmare’: Workers, students decry Japan virus entry ban

by Etienne Balmer and Katie Forster TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Yanita Antoko has been waiting for over a year in…

World can end Covid emergency this year: WHO chief

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) --The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the planet can end the Covid-19…

Europe could be headed for pandemic ‘endgame’: WHO

  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- The Omicron variant has moved the Covid-19 pandemic into a new phase and could bring…

China lifts Xi’an lockdown as Beijing virus fight ramps up

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- One of China's longest coronavirus lockdowns since the start of the pandemic came to an end…

Palace urges Filipinos to get booster shots, warns against disinformation on Covid vaccines and booster doses

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang encouraged Filipinos to get booster shots amid the continuing spread of COVID-19 and the highly…

Thousands march in Washington against Covid vaccine mandates

by Inès BEL AIBA WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Waving signs denouncing President Joe Biden and calling for "freedom," several…

Beijing tests 2 million for coronavirus as Winter Olympics loom

Beijing city officials on Sunday said all two million residents of a neighbourhood where a small cluster of coronavirus cases…

Samoa, Kiribati to lock down as virus lands in Pacific

Kiribati and Samoa entered lockdowns Saturday after overseas arrivals brought Covid to the Pacific island nations that had avoided the…

Omicron ‘sub-variant’ throws up new virus questions

Latest Omicron subvariant dubbed BA.2 detected in Britain, 40 other countries including India, Denmark and Sweden   by Isabelle TOURNÉ…

PHL posts highest number of COVID recoveries in over 3 months at 41,471

  (Eagle News) – The Philippines posted 41,471 COVID-19 recoveries on Satuday, January 22, which is the most number of…

DOH: Eastern Visayas, Bicol and BARMM are add’l regions with high-risk health care utilization

Almost all regions with rising COVID cases   (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) said that almost all…

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