Virus

COVID-19 death toll worldwide passes 3 million, as total cases breach 140 million

  (Eagle News) -- More than 3 million people have died due to COVID-19, as more infectious variants of the…

Covid lockdown empties Delhi streets amid deadly surge

  by Bhuvan Bagga with Sailendra Sil in Kolkata Agence France Presse NEL DELHI, India (AFP) -- New Delhi led…

In Brazil, graveyard shift reveals staggering cost of pandemic

  by Paula RAMON Agence France Presse SAO Paulo, Brazil (AFP) -- In almost three decades of working in Sao…

China’s Coronavac 80% effective at preventing Covid deaths: Chile results

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- China's Coronavac vaccine was 67 percent effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 and 80 percent at preventing…

Canada waiting on J&J jabs despite US pause, first AstraZeneca clot found

  OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canada continues to expect its first shipment of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines at month's…

Vaccine giant Serum Institute of India tweets Biden to end US raw materials ’embargo’

  MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- The head of the world's largest vaccine maker directly tweeted US President Joe Biden on…

Pfizer CEO: Vaccine third dose ‘likely’ needed within 12 months

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The head of Pfizer said in an interview aired Thursday that people will "likely"…

France’s Covid-19 deaths pass 100,000

PARIS, France (AFP) -- The number of people killed by Covid-19 in France climbed past 100,000 on Thursday, with the…

Sao Paulo hit by shortage of intubation drugs

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Public hospitals are critically short on the drugs needed to intubate Covid-19 patients in Sao…

Virus could force Olympics cancellation, says top Japanese politician

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A senior Japanese politician said cancelling the Tokyo Olympics over the coronavirus remains a possibility on…

Persons who recovered from COVID can be immediately vaccinated, says new guidelines from DOH

DOH urges people to register for shots with LGUs https://youtu.be/GURpv50ZQsc Eagle News) – COVID-19 patients who had recovered can be…

The Brazil variant: what we know

by Louis GENOT RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- The "Brazil variant" -- a more contagious mutation of the coronavirus…

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