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MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain sent a clear message to Morocco Monday, insisting on respect for its shared borders a week after over 8,000 migrants entered its Ceuta enclave, with 1,000 minors still there. Speaking in Brussels during an EU summit, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the crisis had “triggered a crisis unprecedented in recent years between the European Union and Morocco”. Spain’s two tiny enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla have Europe’s only land border […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjNBkdnIM2A (Eagle News) — In Central America, Panama has closed the door to travelers trying to enter the country from Colombia. The Panama national government, through a statement released by its foreign ministry, said it had to “temporarily suspend the entry into the national territory by land, sea and river routes of any person coming from the border with the Republic of Colombia, as of May 20, 2021.” Panama only has a total […]
Percentage of total active cases at 4.1 percent, the lowest so far this year (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) announced the addition of 4,973 new COVID-19 cases in the country on Monday, May 24, bringing to 1,184,706 the total COVID cases in the country. The number of new cases was higher than Sunday’s 3,083 reported cases. But the total active cases in the country dropped to only 48,917 cases (from Sunday’s […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) — A 39-year-old British woman died in a Cypriot hospital after a blood clotting incident after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the official Cyprus News Agency said Monday. Charalambos Charilaou, the spokesperson for the state health services, told CNA that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) would investigate the death. The woman, treated at Nicosia General Hospital’s intensive care unit, received the first dose of the vaccine on May 6 in the […]
Belmonte, who got COVID twice, says “the best vaccine is the one readily available” (Eagle News) – Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte said she was just got her first COVID-19 vaccine shot on Monday, May 24. She said she got the Sinovac dose. Belmonte, in a post at the Quezon City government’s Facebook page, explained that she booked for a vaccine shot through the EZConsult website so she would experience the whole process of […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — In what might be the unlikeliest indicator of a post-pandemic recovery, a pair of premium Japanese melons have sold for $24,800 at auction, over 22 times more than last year’s virus-hit price. The 2.7 million yen price tag at the season’s first auction for the famed Yubari melons is still a snip compared to records for the prized produce. “This year’s recovery in price can be seen as a result of […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan opened its first mass vaccination centres on Monday in a bid to speed up a cautious Covid-19 inoculation programme with just two months until the virus-postponed Tokyo Olympics. The two military-run centres in Tokyo and Osaka will administer thousands of shots daily, initially to elderly residents of the cities, as the country battles a fourth wave of virus cases. Just two percent of Japan’s population of 125 million are fully […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India said Monday it had passed more than 300,000 coronavirus deaths, the third country after the United States and Brazil to hit the figure as it battles a huge wave of infections. The South Asian nation has been hitting record single-day rises in infections and fatalities in recent weeks, with its healthcare system overwhelmed by the Covid-19 wave. India’s toll now stands at 303,720 after adding 50,000 deaths in just […]
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) — Dogs can be trained to detect more than 90 percent of Covid-19 infections even when patients are asymptomatic, according to research published Monday, which authors hope could help replace the need to quarantine new arrivals. Using their remarkable sense of smell — which can pick up the equivalent of half a teaspoon of sugar in an olympic-sized swimming pool — dogs have already shown that they can sniff […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israel is set to ease restrictions imposed to combat coronavirus on June 1, but tough rules on travellers to the Jewish state would remain in place, the health ministry said Sunday. The health ministry proposal must still be approved by the government. “For the first time since the outbreak of the epidemic, all restrictions inside Israeli territory will be lifted from June 1,” a ministry statement said. Restrictions on travelers to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US health authorities said they were looking into a small number of reports of heart inflammation among some younger people who received Covid vaccines, with no clear link established for the moment. There were “relatively few reports of myocarditis,” primarily in adolescents and young adults, following doses of mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. “Most cases appear to be mild, […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy on Saturday passed the milestone of 30 million doses injected in its Covid-19 vaccination effort, with nearly 10 million people in the country now fully vaccinated. More than 9.85 million people in Italy have received two doses of a coronavirus vaccine, according to government figures, representing 16.6 percent of the 60 million-strong population. Two thirds of the doses administered so far in Italy have gone to those aged over 60. […]
