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by Carly Waters, with AFP Bureaus Agence France Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s second-largest city started a six-week curfew and the Philippine capital was ordered back into lockdown, as the number of global coronavirus cases on Monday topped 18 million. The spread of the virus is gathering pace with worldwide deaths nearing 700,000, and a White House adviser warning that it was “extraordinarily widespread” in the United States — the worst-hit nation. There […]
(Eagle News) — The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila is under a two-week lockdown starting today, Aug. 3, and will hold its enrollment of students online. In a Facebook post, PLM said the lockdown was due to the rising active, probable, and suspected COVID-19 cases within the campus. PLM said there are currently four confirmed cases, with two recovered patients and one fatality among employees. There are also three probable and one suspect cases. The […]
by AFP bureaus A surge in coronavirus cases across the United States and Europe has forced governments to strengthen containment measures as a survey released Saturday showed support for the handling of their pandemics has slipped. The disease has now killed almost 635,000 people around the world and infected more than 15.5 million, according to an AFP tally, with America the hardest-hit nation. For the second straight day on Friday the US reported more […]
by Daniel BOSQUE with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Four million residents of Barcelona have been urged to stay at home as virus cases rise, while EU leaders were set to meet again in Brussels Saturday, seeking to rescue Europe’s economy from the ravages of the pandemic. Spain’s COVID-19 death toll of 28,400 is one of Europe’s worst and the country has identified more than 150 new virus clusters across the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Fresh outbreaks of the coronavirus have led several European states to tighten measures as they scramble to prevent its spread. Here is an overview of recent developments, which include localised lockdowns and the obligation to wear face masks among others: – Spain – The almost four million residents of Spain’s second city Barcelona were from July 17 urged to stay at home by the Catalan regional government, unless absolutely necessary, […]
(Eagle News) — The Caloocan City government has placed Barangay 38 under total lockdown. The local government said the lockdown, which started on July 14, was to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the area following the increase in COVID-19 cases there. At present, the number stands at 42, with two deaths. The local government said the lockdown will end on July 20, at 11:59 p.m. During this period, the local government said it will […]
by Andrew MARSZAL and AFP bureaus Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — California drastically rolled back its reopening plans Monday as coronavirus cases surged across dozens of US states and the World Health Organization warned that too many nations are mismanaging their pandemic response. Governor Gavin Newsom ordered all indoor restaurants, bars and movie theaters to close again across California — by far America’s richest and most populous state, with a larger […]
(Eagle News) — Navotas City will be placed under a 14-day lockdown amid the continued rise in COVID-19 cases there. Mayor Toby Tiangco said in a television interview the tentative start of the lockdown was Wednesday, July 15. “Sa Navotas po ang titigas ng ulo ng mga tao. Ang mga bata pinapayagan ng mga magulang lumabas. Yung ibang matatanda, hindi naman official business, lumalabas na nga, hindi pa naka-face mask…,” he said. As of July […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Two US Marine bases in Japan’s Okinawa have been put into lockdown after dozens of coronavirus infections, with local officials criticising the American military’s containment efforts. Additional restrictions are also in place at the seven other Marine bases in the region after the spike in cases, a spokesman confirmed. There are tens of thousands of US servicemen stationed on the southern Japanese island, which has recorded roughly 150 civilian COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — The offices of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Task Force Against Trafficking (NAIATFAT) in terminals 1, 2 and 3 of NAIA are on a 14-day lockdown. Emmeline Aglipay-Villar, IACAT undersecretary-in-charge, said in Office Order No. 0524 said the lockdown, which started on Wednesday, July 8, and ends on July 22, was in view of the confirmation four NAIATFAT personnel tested positive for COVID-19 based […]
by Tania Lee MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Shoppers in Australia’s second-biggest city stripped supermarket shelves Wednesday as millions in Melbourne prepared for a return to virus lockdown, with warnings the new restrictions will cost the economy Aus$1 billion a week. Five million residents were ordered back into a six-week lockdown beginning midnight Wednesday into Thursday as soaring community transmission of the coronavirus brings more than 100 new cases daily. A further 134 infections were detected […]
by AFP Bureaus Australia on Tuesday ordered millions of people locked down in its second-biggest city to combat a surge in coronavirus cases, as nations across the planet scrambled to stop the rampaging pandemic. While some countries are worried about second waves of infections, the worst-hit — the United States — was still “knee-deep” in its first, its top expert warned, with cases also surging in India and Brazil. Global COVID-19 cases have surged […]
