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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday ordered Metro Manila and four nearby provinces to remain under the strictest lockdown for at least another week to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the president approved a recommendation from the Interagency Task Force for …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A vial of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is displayed in Berlin, Germany, on March 16, 2021. REUTERS / Hannibal Hanschke / File Photo The administration of US President Joe Biden on Saturday prevented a Baltimore manufacturing plant that ruined 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s …

[ad_1] Activists, including health workers, raised the issue of aid for Metro Manila residents on Sunday, March 28, 2021, during the week-long reimposition of the improved community quarantine. The government promised to provide assistance to those unable to work. – RESEARCHER / CHILD JESUS ​​ORBETA MANILA, Philippines – Assistance worth …

[ad_1] ROME – Millions of Christians around the world were facing another Easter weekend under restrictions on Saturday due to coronavirus surges, but the United States was good news as it crossed the 100 million vaccine milestone. Worrisome spikes in infections in many parts of the world, even as vaccine …

[ad_1] TO USE OR NOT TO USE Several doctors rely on the efficacy of ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug commercially available only for veterinary use, as a treatment or preventive medicine against COVID-19. But the Food and Drug Administration maintains that procedures, including clinical trials, must be followed before the drug …

[ad_1] The PHILIPPINES marked Good Friday, one of the most solemn holidays in Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, with streets and churches deserted following a strict lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Main roads and highways were eerily quiet after religious gatherings were banned in metro Manila and …

[ad_1] OCTA’s research team recommended on Saturday a one-week extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) imposed on the NCR Plus bubble amid the continued rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. “This one-week ECQ is certainly not enough. We are definitely not out of the woods yet, and we …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO OF RESEARCHER OF THE PHILIPPINES ORTHOPEDIC CENTER MANILA, Philippines – A day after 110 of its staff were reported to have tested positive for COVID-19, seven more employees at the Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC) in Quezon City also contracted the disease, bringing the total cases to 117, …

[ad_1] MANILA – Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, the official leading the country’s COVID-19 contact tracing efforts, said on Saturday that he tested positive for the coronavirus. “It is with a sad note that I would like to inform you all that based on my RT-PCR test performed yesterday morning …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at a vaccination center at Newmarket Racecourse, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Newmarket, Britain, on March 26, 2021. REUTERS / Andrew Couldridge / File Photo British regulators said Thursday they have identified 30 cases of rare blood clot …