Virus

Chilean police train dogs to sniff out COVID-19

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- Police in Chile are training dogs to detect people that may be infected with the novel…

Baby infected with COVID-19 in the womb: study

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Doctors in France have described what they said was the first confirmed case…

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine enters final stage trial July 27: statement

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US biotech firm Moderna said Tuesday it would enter the final stage of its…

Asian markets hit by new lockdown, fresh China-US tensions

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Fears over a spike in infections around the world, the reimposition of containment measures and…

Dizon: Almost 1 million in PHL have taken COVID-19 tests; target of 10M tests by next year doable

  (Eagle News) – Almost a million Filipinos have already been reached by COVID-19 testing and in a few days,…

Virus-hit Singapore plunges into recession as economy shrinks 41%

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore plunged into recession in the second quarter as growth fell 41.2 percent quarter-on-quarter with the trade-dependent…

California rolls back reopening as nations battle resurgent coronavirus

by Andrew MARSZAL and AFP bureaus Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- California drastically rolled back its…

Second virus wave in UK could see 120,000 deaths: study

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- A second coronavirus wave in Britain this winter could see 120,000 deaths in hospitals alone…

Hong Kong patient received blood from donor with coronavirus

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong authorities on Monday said that a patient had received blood from a…

DOH reports 4,325 record high recoveries bringing down total active cases to just over 35,000

Total recoveries reach 20,371 while total cases hit 57,006   (Eagle News) -- The Department of Health reported a new…

US bases on Okinawa locked down over virus spike

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Two US Marine bases in Japan's Okinawa have been put into lockdown after dozens of…

Argentina passes 100,000 COVID-19 cases

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina has registered more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases, its Ministry of Health said…

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