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[ad_1] Manila, Philippines – Last week, Filipinos were concerned about the government’s ability to secure an initial supply of the COVID-19 vaccine amid news that neighboring countries were making deals while officials at home were overwhelmed with finger pointing over a failed effort to block a shipment from a major …

[ad_1] A person gestures to a sign with a public health information message, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as new restrictions take effect, in London, Britain, on Dec. 20 2020. REUTERS / Toby Melville LONDON – London and south-east England may remain under tighter restrictions for some …

[ad_1] Paranaque Police Cpl. Jonel Nuezca looks at the CCTV camera before shooting a mother and her son to death in Tarlac. MANILA, Philippines – An assigned police officer in the city of Parañaque shot dead his two neighbors, a mother and her son, in Paniqui, Tarlac. Tarlac police, in …

[ad_1] Manila, Philippines – The country’s “vaccine czar” Secretary Carlito Gálvez Jr. said Malacañang was considering whether to allow local government units (LGUs) to obtain their own supply of the COVID-19 vaccine. “I have raised it [with] President, but we are considering what you have been saying that it should …

[ad_1] Brussels, Belgium – EU ambassadors will hold a crisis meeting in Brussels on Monday on UK travel restrictions after the emergence of a new strain of coronavirus that is suspected of being highly infectious. Several EU countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands) have announced the …

[ad_1] Manila, Philippines – Rainy weather is expected to persist in Luzon on Monday, even as Tropical Depression Vicky left Philippine territory on Sunday, the government’s meteorological service said. After heavy rains that flooded swaths of Mindanao and parts of northern Luzon on Saturday, Vicky left the country’s area of …

[ad_1] The US pharmaceutical company Pfizer made the surprising announcement on November 9 that its COVID-19 vaccine, developed jointly with the German biotech company BioNTech, is more than 90 percent effective in preventing the disease. The announcement was made amid a relentless rise in coronavirus cases in the United States, …

[ad_1] April Joy Claros of the Philippines showed her way of defeating the Female Master Candidate (WCM) Martyna Starosta of Poland in her Armageddon game and advancing to the quarterfinals of the FIDE Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships Girls 14 under Finals the end last week. April …

[ad_1] An array of UK newspapers photographed as an illustration in Liverpool on December 20, 2020, shows front page headlines reporting on the story of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson introducing new stricter restrictions for the COVID-19 coronavirus for London and southeastern England. cancel holiday gatherings for those in the …

[ad_1] Copenhagen, Denmark – The World Health Organization (WHO) calls on its members in Europe to strengthen measures against the coronavirus due to the new variant circulating in the United Kingdom, its European affiliate told AFP on Sunday. Outside of Britain, nine cases of the new strain have been reported …