pandemic

Countries agree pandemic accord should be legally binding

by Robin Millard Agence France-Press GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Countries meeting to negotiate a new international accord on how to…

Thailand to drop mask rule, foreign tourist registration

Thailand announced Friday it would drop rules requiring people to wear masks outdoors and no longer require foreign visitors to…

Japan to trial group tours in move to ease Covid border rules

  Japan will trial small group tours with travellers from the US, Australia, Thailand and Singapore from this month, the…

NZ prime minister Ardern tests positive for Covid-19

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has overseen her country's world-leading response to…

France to lift Covid mask rule for public transport May 16

Facemasks will no longer be needed on trains, planes and metros in France starting May 16, the health minister said…

Some 65.8M voters to troop to polls in historic May 9, 2022 elections, the first amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Temperature checks, face masks required in voting that starts at 6 a.m. and ends at 7 p.m.   (Eagle News)…

China megacity mass-tests, cancels flights after suspected Covid case

The Chinese megacity of Guangzhou cancelled hundreds of flights Thursday and launched mass testing of 5.6 million people after one…

Viruses that could save millions of lives

  by Irakli METREVELI Agence France Presse TBILISI, Georgia (AFP) -- It may seem strange after a pandemic that has…

Czech Republic envoy visits New Era University; expresses hope for future collaboration on education, culture

https://youtu.be/-_vzkhN8bew   By Meliza Maluntag Contributor (Eagle News) -- After two years of lockdown due to the Covid pandemic, New…

Foreign direct investments in PHL reach all-time high of $10.5 billion in 2021

  (Eagle News) – Foreign direct investments in the Philippines reached an all-time high of $10.5 billion in 2021 despite…

WHO frustration two years on since pandemic declaration

  by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Friday marks two years to the day since the…

Seoul eases Covid restrictions with daily cases at record high of over 100,000

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea said it would ease pandemic restrictions Friday, even as the country's daily…

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