GENEVA – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday that he will reconvene the Emergency Committee on Thursday to re-evaluate the Covid-19 pandemic, as global cases had doubled over the past six weeks. Saying that this Thursday (July 30) marks six months since Jan. 30 when WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a public … Read More
SAO PAULO – Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll climbed to 87,004 on Sunday after 555 more patients died from the disease in the previous 24 hours.In the same period, tests detected 24,578 new cases of infection, bringing the total caseload since the start of the national outbreak to 2,419,091. According to the Health Ministry’s latest pandemic report, … Read More
TOKYO – Tokyo 2020 organizers marked one year to go until the opening of the delayed Olympic Games on Thursday as the Japanese capital reported a record 366 new confirmed Covid-19 cases. A one-minute video was released at a subdued event held behind closed doors at the Olympic Stadium, where the opening ceremony will be held … Read More
RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian government reported on Thursday that the country has registered over two million cases of the novel coronavirus after 45,403 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, for a total of 2,012,151. According to the Ministry of Health, 1,322 deaths were recorded in the last 24-hour period, bringing … Read More
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation announced on Monday that the country’s coronavirus diseases 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine trial has made progress after macaque monkeys which were given the first doses of the candidate vaccine showed satisfactory immune response.
BEIJING – An inactivated coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine candidate developed by the Institute of Medical Biology under the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has entered phase-2 clinical trials in China, the Science and Technology Daily reported Saturday.
BEIJING – Chinese health authority on Sunday said it received reports of 57 new confirmed coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases on the Chinese mainland Saturday, of which 38 were domestically transmitted and 19 were imported.
LONDON – Despite the ban of mass gatherings in Britain, thousands of people gathered Sunday in London and Manchester to protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man suffocated to death by a white police officer in the midwestern US state of Minnesota on Monday.
WUHAN – No new infections of the novel coronavirus were reported on Wednesday in Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic, marking a notable first in China’s central city’s months-long battle with the deadly virus. The Health Commission of Hubei Province, where Wuhan is the capital, said the virus’ death toll climbed by eight in the province, … Read More
GENEVA – A total of 152 countries and regions have reported 167,511 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as of Monday morning, an increase of 13,903 infections compared to the previous day, according to a daily situation report released by the World Health Organization (WHO). The global death toll from the pandemic of Covid-19 increased … Read More
BRUSSELS — The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the novel coronavirus has got a foothold in so many countries and the threat of a pandemic has become very real. His words came as Cyprus confirmed its first two Covid-19 cases, which means all EU members have reported infection cases. European … Read More
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced that the Ebola outbreak which started in August 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) still constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing here on Wednesday that the decision was the unanimous … Read More
HONG KONG — The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has approved from the Disaster Relief Fund two grants totaling 2.29 million Hong Kong dollars (PHP14.7 million) for providing relief to typhoon victims in the Philippines. A government spokesman said Wednesday that the funds will be used to provide household and hygiene items, … Read More
WUHAN — Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak, has mobilized more than 34,000 officials, government workers and Communist Party of China (CPC) members into its 1,100 communities to fight the epidemic. The city committee of the CPC said Tuesday the figure includes 16,700 employees of government units and state-owned enterprises, who … Read More
BEIJING — A total of 892 patients infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been discharged from hospitals after recovery by the end of Tuesday, Chinese health authorities announced on Wednesday. Tuesday saw 262 people walk out of the hospital after recovery (125 in Hubei province), the National Health Commission (NHC) said in its daily report. … Read More
WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday afternoon by the Senate after the chamber voted down both articles of impeachment against him that the House approved late last year. Senators voted 52 to 48 to reject the first charge of abuse of power, and 53 to 47 against the second charge of … Read More