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New Zealand records first Covid-19 death in over three months

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand recorded its first Covid-19 death in more than three months on Friday…

Pres. Duterte calls on int’l leaders to unite vs terror, virus threat; urges economic cooperation amid pandemic

(Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Roa Duterte called on various economies to address the twin threats of COVID-19 and terrorism…

Total PHL COVID-19 cases breach 200k with the addition of 5,277 new cases

  (Eagle News) – The country’s COVID-19 cases reached 202,361 on Wednesday, Aug. 26, with the addition of 5,277 new…

Palace details P165.5-B allocation of Bayanihan 2 funds including funding for COVID-19 vaccines

-President Duterte to make sure funds are used properly (Eagle News) -- Malacanang has detailed the allocations for the P165.5…

World virus deaths top 800,000 as nations ramp up measures

by Agence France Presse bureaus The global death toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed 800,000, according to an AFP…

World Bank chief warns COVID-19 pandemic has driven 100 million people to extreme poverty

Numbers could go higher if pandemic drags on   by Heather SCOTT Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) --…

President Duterte thanks Russia, China for offering vaccines against COVID-19 to PHL

  (Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte thanked Russia and China for offering to the Philippines the vaccines they are…

How climate change could expose new epidemics

by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Long-dormant viruses brought back to life; the resurgence of deadly…

Buses and trains disinfected as North Korea ramps up virus measures

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Temperature checks, hand sanitizers, and face masks are being enforced across Pyongyang's public transport system…

DOTr chief Tugade to MRT-3, LRTA, PNR: Hire qualified employees laid off from LRT-1

(Eagle News)--Transportation Secretary Art Tugade on Wednesday, Aug. 12, ordered railway authorities under the Department of Transportation to absorb several…

WHO warns there may never be a COVID-19 ‘silver bullet’

  by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization warned Monday that there might…

Top coronavirus advisor warns US in ‘new phase’ of pandemic; says virus “extraordinarily widespread’

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States has entered a "new phase" of the pandemic, White House coronavirus…

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