QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Member of Parliament, Ginny Andersen, discusses with EBC’s Alma Angeles, New Zealand’s economic stimulus plan. Plus encouraging Kiwis’ to continue to stay home during the lockdown.
Tag: Lockdown
WATCH: #Stay-at-Home Activities: The Art of Diamond Painting
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Eagle News) — EBC Miami Bureau Correspondent, Eden Umbal, introduces the Art of Diamond Painting for a #StayAtHome activity.
WATCH: New confirmed cases reported in Canada
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Eagle News) — EBC Edmonton Bureau Correspondent, Thomas Likness, reports on the current situation in Alberta, Canada.
Moscow begins lockdown, as Russia regions prepare for confinement
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Moscow on Monday imposed a lockdown in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus as Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asked regional authorities to make similar preparations. The enforcement of the tough new rules, which were suddenly announced by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin late Sunday, coincide with the beginning of a “non-working” week declared by President Vladimir Putin last week. Europe’s largest city announced the strict new isolation measures […]
WHO says “lockdown” not enough; urges aggressive isolation, testing, treatment and tracing of cases
(Eagle News) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries currently implementing a lockdown, to go one step further in attacking the virus spread by strengthening and expanding the public health force and to aggressively “isolate, test, treat and trace” coronavirus cases. “We have overcome many pandemics and crises before. We will overcome this one too. The question is how large a price we will pay?” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, […]
Three billion under lockdown as UN warns virus threatens humanity
by Hazel WARD, with Philippe RATER at the United Nations MADRID, Spain (AFP) — More than three billion people are living under lockdown measures as soaring death tolls in Europe and the US on Wednesday underlined a United Nations warning that the coronavirus pandemic threatens all of humanity. As the global death toll soared past 20,800, Spain joined Italy in seeing its number of fatalities overtake China, where the virus first emerged just three months […]
WATCH: Filipino Artist Elmer Calata shares ideas on creating artwork
WASHINGTON DC (Eagle News) — Elmer Calata, Filipino-American artist, based in Washington DC, talks with Eagle News International, Washington DC, about his art and his take on the COIVD-19 lockdown. “Not necessarily fretting it right now. I’m just really enjoying my time and working on my work.” Elmer says that being a creative, it’s natural to spend a lot of alone time. So for the lockdown, “it’s really interesting to see other people be in […]
More than 2.6 billion worldwide told to observe lockdowns
PARIS, France (AFP) — More than 2.6 billion people worldwide will be in lockdown once India introduces its measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic at 1830 GMT on Tuesday, according to an AFP tally. The figure represents more than one-third of a global population the United Nations estimates at 7.8 billion in 2020. At least 42 countries or territories have imposed a mandatory lockdown, including Britain, France, Italy, and Spain as well as Colombia, the […]
India to go under total virus lockdown, says PM Modi
by Bhuvan Bagga with Aishwarya Kumar and Vishal Manve in Mumbai NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s 1.3 billion people will go under “total lockdown” for 21 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday, sparking panic buying. “From 12 midnight today (1830 GMT Tuesday), the entire country will be in lockdown, total lockdown,” Modi said in a national television address to the world’s second-most-populous nation. “To save India, […]
France to tighten virus lockdown rules on exercise, markets: PM
PARIS, France (AFP) — France is to tighten its lockdown imposed to battle the coronavirus, strictly limiting physical exercise and closing most open-air markets, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Monday. Philippe told TF1 TV in a live interview that he would later sign a decree banning from Tuesday physical exercise such as jogging more than one kilometer (0.6 miles) from a person’s place of residence and also halting open-air markets, although local authorities could […]
Britain orders lockdown as WHO warns pandemic ‘accelerating’
by Phil Hazlewood with Chris Lefkow in Washington LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain ordered a three-week lockdown on Monday in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus as world health officials warned that the pandemic is “accelerating” around the globe. As Britain joined other nations in imposing strict stay-at-home orders, the number of virus deaths worldwide surged past 16,000 and the number of confirmed cases surpassed 360,000. The death toll in New York […]
More than 1 billion people worldwide told to stay home over virus
PARIS, France (AFP) — More than one billion people have been asked to stay home in more than 50 countries and territories around the world as governments battle the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, according to an AFP tally Monday. Some countries imposed mandatory lockdown measures, while others have issued stay-at-home recommendations to stem the spread of the virus. At least 34 countries or territories have established mandatory lockdown measures ordering people to stay in […]
