Virus

UK virus measures could last for months, health official warns

by Alice RITCHIE Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Social-distancing measures to tackle coronavirus are likely to be…

WHO warns ‘long way to go’ in virus crisis, deaths top 180,000

by Robin Millard, with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned…

More than 61,000 COVID-19 tests done nationwide as PHL hits April 30 target of up to 10k tests daily

DOH lauds LGU's efforts to do drive-thru COVID-19 tests   (Eagle News) – The Philippine government has conducted more than…

Iran reports 94 virus deaths but cases going down

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran announced on Wednesday 94 new deaths from the novel coronavirus but said the cases of…

Watch: PHL Consul General in UAE talks about the situation of Filipinos there

https://youtu.be/gpyYbhYZVsY The Philippine consul general in the United Arab Emirates said Filipinos there are being helped by the UAE government…

Eight babies and toddlers catch coronavirus at Tokyo centre

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Eight babies and toddlers at a Tokyo care centre have tested positive for the coronavirus after…

Germany to start first clinical tests on coronavirus vaccine

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany has authorized its first clinical test of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the country's…

China’s northeast tightens restrictions as virus resurges

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- New clusters of coronavirus infections in northeastern China near the Russian border forced officials Wednesday to…

Half of French private-sector workers now unemployed: minister

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than 10 million employees in France -- one out of every two in the…

Autopsies reveal US virus deaths weeks before first reported fatality

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Two people who died in California in early and mid-February were confirmed Tuesday as…

Singapore is country with the most COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia after 2nd wave of infections

  (Eagle News) – Singapore now is the country in Southeast Asia with the most number of COVID-19 cases in…

Chinese writer faces backlash for ‘Wuhan Diary’

by Ludovic EHRET Agence France-Presse Beijing, China (AFP) — After Wuhan was sealed off from the world, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang…

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