Virus

From critical risk, PHL classified under “high risk” due to decrease in percentage of Covid growth

Davao City topping other areas with high number of new Covid-19 cases on Jan. 24 alarms President Duterte (Eagle News)…

Austria to end lockdown for Covid unvaccinated

VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austria on Wednesday announced it was ending a lockdown for those unvaccinated as it prepares to…

PHL’s new Covid-19 numbers continue to drop as DOH records 15,789 new cases

New recoveries outnumber new Covid cases for fifth straight day   (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported 15,789…

Covid-hit Australian warship delivers disaster aid to Tonga

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) -- A coronavirus-hit Australian warship docked in Tonga on Wednesday, delivering desperately needed aid to the volcano-and-tsunami-struck…

Omicron risk remains very high: WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The risk level related to the Omicron variant remains very high, the WHO said late Tuesday,…

WHO board nominates chief Tedros for May re-election

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is all but guaranteed a second term after a…

Pfizer-BioNTech begin Omicron vaccine trial: statement

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Pfizer and BioNTech have begun enrollment for a clinical trial to test the safety and…

PHL records 17,677 new Covid cases, 37.2 percent positivity rate, the lowest since Jan. 6

New recoveries at 33,144 bringing down total active cases to 247,451 (Eagle News) – The number of new Covid-19 cases…

‘Nightmare’: Workers, students decry Japan virus entry ban

by Etienne Balmer and Katie Forster TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Yanita Antoko has been waiting for over a year in…

Covid outbreak on ship threatens Tonga aid efforts

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) - A Covid-19 outbreak on an Australian warship threatened to disrupt Tonga eruption aid efforts Tuesday, as…

World can end Covid emergency this year: WHO chief

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) --The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the planet can end the Covid-19…

PHL posts 24,938 new Covid cases, third straight day of decreasing new cases

  (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) reported 24,938 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, January 24, the third…

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