Virus

Most Covid-19 patients have at least one lingering symptom 6 months on: study

  by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than three quarters of people hospitalized with Covid-19…

PHL on lookout for 3 other COVID strains: the UK, South African and Malaysian variants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyqXXnLZE_g   (Eagle News) -- The Philippines is not just on the lookout for the highly infectious B.1.1.7 variant of…

Europe bulk buys vaccines as WHO urges rich countries to share

  by Anna MALPAS with Agence France Presse bureaus LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Europe rushed to bulk buy more…

Killer fungus spread rampantly at US hospital Covid ward: study

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Dozens of people being treated for Covid-19 at a Florida hospital last summer became…

WHO vaccine trial to start in Metro Manila by end of January or early Feb. for 15k volunteers

  (Eagle News) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Trial is set to begin by the end of January…

UK virus strain triggers lockdown in Australia’s Brisbane

BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) -- The Australian city of Brisbane has called a snap three-day lockdown after a worker at a…

Bali bombing-linked cleric Bashir freed from prison

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Abu Bakar Bashir, a radical cleric linked to the deadly Bali bombings, was freed from a…

Brazil Covid-19 death toll passes 200,000: health ministry

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's Covid-19 death toll passed 200,000 Thursday amid a surging second wave, with a…

Spain hits two million virus cases

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain's total number of coronavirus infections surged past two million on Thursday as cases jumped following…

Chinese vaccine 78% effective in Brazil tests: officials

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine CoronaVac showed at least 78-percent effectiveness in final-stage clinical trials in Brazil,…

EU approves Moderna as second coronavirus vaccine

  by Danny KEMP Agence France Presse THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The European Union on Monday authorised the Moderna…

1 in 100,000 had severe reactions to Pfizer vaccine: US study

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Roughly one in a hundred thousand people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine have…

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