Tag: Virus

Over 5,000 NEU students graduate via online commencement exercises under “new normal”

(Eagle News) — With the theme, “Innovating to Cope with the #NEUNormal,” the New Era University announced the successful graduation of 5,366 students for the Academic Year 2019-2020 done through online commencement exercises. The NEU said that graduating pupils and students from Kinder up to the 18 colleges of the university’s main campus and its various branches successfully completed their education since Oct. 4, 2020. “The Commencement Exercises, with the theme ‘NEU Graduates: Innovating to […]

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US vaccine challenge: convincing skeptical African Americans

by Catherine TRIOMPHE NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The first Americans to receive the coronavirus vaccine, live on television, were Black caregivers, optics that illustrate a daunting challenge facing the nationwide campaign: persuading skeptical African Americans to get inoculated. In the United States, Black people — and Latinos — are almost three times more likely to die from Covid-19 then whites, according to the Centers for Disease Prevention (CDC), due to economic disparities. But […]

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EU set for vaccines by year-end after regulator relents

  by Danny KEMP Agence France Presse THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (AFP) — The EU’s medicines regulator on Tuesday dramatically advanced the decision day for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus jab under pressure from Germany, meaning vaccinations in the bloc could start by the year’s end. The Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency’s announcement that it will meet on December 21 instead of December 29 to decide whether to authorise the shot, followed a growing backlash from desperate EU […]

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US releases new data on Moderna vaccine, paving way for approval

  by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US regulator on Tuesday released new data confirming Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine was safe and effective, a strong sign that it could receive emergency approval in days and be ready to roll out by next week. The Food and Drug Administration said there were “no specific safety concerns identified that would preclude issuance of an EUA (emergency use authorization)” and confirmed an overall […]

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US begins Covid-19 vaccinations as its death toll passes 300,000

  by Peter HUTCHISON with Agence France Presse bureaus NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The United States kicked off a mass vaccination drive Monday hoping to turn the tide on the world’s biggest coronavirus outbreak, as the nation’s death toll passed a staggering 300,000. The start of the desperately awaited vaccine program coincided with several European countries announcing new lockdowns amid spiraling infections, highlighting the long road to ending the global pandemic. New York […]

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Canada announces new Covid-19 aid package for developing nations

  OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada on Monday announced a Can$458 million ($380 million) aid package to help developing countries fight the coronavirus pandemic. Of that amount, Can$230 million will go to the UN children’s agency UNICEF to buy approximately three million treatments based on new therapeutic antibodies, once clinical trials are complete and approvals received, according to international development minister Karina Gould. “The faster we can get tests, treatments and vaccines out to people, […]

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AstraZeneca agrees to give more vaccine doses to PHL thru initiative of PHL business firms

Concepcion says they hope to get 2.6M additional doses or more of vaccine, translating to 5.2M total doses   (Eagle News) — The private business initiative to get more COVID-19 vaccines got a boost after the pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca agreed to give additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Philippines, aside from the earlier 2.6 million doses it had agreed to give. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said that AstraZeneca agreed to a “part 2” […]

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Pentagon chief receives Covid-19 vaccine

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Pentagon chief Christopher Miller was one of the first Americans to receive the Covid-19 vaccine Monday, on camera to encourage the rest of the country to follow suit. The acting defense secretary received the jab at Walter Reed military hospital near Washington, according to a video published by the Pentagon. “That’s all?! Oh come on! That did not hurt at all!” Miller joked while receiving the vaccine, a symbol […]

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Canada begins first Covid vaccinations

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — An Ontario caregiver and an octogenarian in Quebec on Monday became the first people vaccinated against Covid-19 in Canada. Anita Quidangen was televised receiving the injection at a hospital in Toronto as part of a major vaccination campaign in Canada, less than a week after the Pfizer-BioNTech shot was granted approval in the country. Another woman, 89-year-old Gisele Levesque, was vaccinated minutes earlier at a retirement home in Quebec City, but […]

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London set for tighter virus curbs as new variant emerges in England

by Anna MALPAS LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British capital faces tougher Covid-19 measures within days, the UK government said on Monday, with a new coronavirus variant emerging as a possible cause for rapidly rising infection rates. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said London, and parts of three surrounding counties, would move into the highest of three levels of restrictions in force across England from Wednesday. Pubs, bars, restaurants and other hospitality venues will have […]

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Health centre water crisis increasing virus risk: WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — One in four health centres worldwide lacks access to water, putting around 1.8 billion people at increased risk of contracting the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said Monday. The lack of this basic amenity endangers patients and staff alike at such centres, the WHO said in a joint report with the UN children’s agency UNICEF. The study was based on data from 165 countries. “Working in a healthcare facility without water, […]

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Non-essential shops, schools to close in Germany: Merkel

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Shops selling non-essential goods, hair-salons and schools in Germany will close from Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, to halt an “exponential growth” in new coronavirus infections in Europe’s biggest economy. The partial lockdown will apply until January 10, with companies also urged to allow employees to work from home or offer extended company holidays, under the new measures agreed by Merkel with regional leaders of Germany’s 16 states on Sunday. Alcohol […]

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