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Reminds public to follow health protocols amid summer break, election season (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned that there could be another Covid-19 surge in the country after the summer holidays and the campaign sorties where people could forget following the minimum health protocols. Duterte observed that crowding in political gatherings, and even in religious gatherings are a cause for worry, and another surge is always a possibility. “We have so many crowds […]
90.6 percent of deaths were unvaccinated while 0.6 percent were fully vaccinated (Eagle News) – The province of Davao Oriental will be under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) starting Wednesday, Sept. 8 until 21 due to an “alarming surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths.” The two-week ECQ was agreed upon by the Provincial Task Force on COVID-19 and all local chief executives of the province to address this surge. They said the increasing number of […]
by Glenda KWEK Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s coronavirus death toll is up to 10 times higher than the nearly 415,000 fatalities reported by authorities, likely making it the country’s worst humanitarian disaster since independence, a US research group said Tuesday. The Center for Global Development study’s estimate is the highest yet for the carnage in the South Asian nation of 1.3 billion people, which is emerging from a devastating […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesians prayed outside mosques and slaughtered goats to commemorate a sombre Eid al-Adha festival on Tuesday despite efforts to stop mass gatherings as coronavirus deaths skyrocket. This week marks the second time during the pandemic that the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation has celebrated the Feast of Sacrifice, which signals the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Authorities have banned large crowds, including at traditional events that feature the sacrifice […]
by Marianne BARRIAUX with Agence France Presse bureaus The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday that “more dangerous” variants of Covid-19 could tear across the world as global infections soared to half a million daily, largely driven by the virulent Delta strain. An AFP tally of official sources found that after an initial dip, cases have been rising again worldwide since the end of June, topping 540,000 on Tuesday and again on Wednesday. “The […]
One Delta variant case can infect up to 8 people (Eagle News) — Health experts described the “Delta variant” as “very scary” as it could infect up to eight people at a time, and could cause an “India-like surge” in the country. Among the variants, the Delta variant, which was first detected in India, is the most infectious and is responsible for the third wave of COVID-19 cases in many countries, including the United […]
by Emily Manuel Contributor (Eagle News) — OCTA Research supports the position of the Department of Health to extend the lockdown in the NCR+ bubble for an additional week, from April 5 to 11, 2021. They say that “a one-week ECQ is insufficient to reverse the surge and will only further strain our hospital system.” OCTA also recommends extending the ECQ to an additional third week if the reproduction number does not dramatically drop in […]
Interventions needed to prevent high number of daily cases https://youtu.be/XdjmHTvB1iU (Eagle News) — The Department of Health warned the public that COVID-19 cases are starting to spike again due to more movement of people, and more people disregarding health protocols with the start of the holiday season. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that COVID-19 cases can rise to as many as 4,000 per day in Metro Manila alone if there would be no […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook shares bounced Wednesday with word that profit more than doubled in the final quarter of last year, coming back down after a vow to spend heavily on the future. In earnings that topped most forecasts, Facebook said it made a net profit of $3.7 billion on revenue of $8.6 billion in the fourth quarter, as compared with profit of $1.6 billion on […]
