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[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES – Soccer superstar Diego Maradona was buried Thursday (Friday Manila time) in a private ceremony attended by just two dozen people, a stark contrast to the day before when tens of thousands of tearful fans paraded in front of to his coffin for hours in an observance …

[ad_1] This illustration photograph taken in Paris on November 23, 2020 shows a syringe and vial that reads “Covid-19 Vaccine” alongside the AstraZeneca company and Oxford University logos. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) LONDON – The British government said on Friday that it has asked its independent drug regulator …

[ad_1] REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware / WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden and incumbent President Donald Trump, like millions of Americans, stayed close to home to celebrate Thanksgiving in silence Thursday as the coronavirus pandemic spread. all over the country. Biden was vacationing in the small seaside town of Rehoboth, Delaware, where …

[ad_1] MALACAÑANG defended Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) on Thursday against accusations that it is being used by government agencies to avoid returning billions of unused funds to the national treasury. Citing PITC data, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque noted that PITC, an adjunct agency of the Department of Commerce and …

[ad_1] Although new COVID-19 infections in the country have generally been declining, government quarantine managers urged Filipinos to be “very cautious” during the Christmas season, as the surge in new cases has recently affected other countries. “I and the mayors (of Metro Manila) have spoken and are very cautious about …

[ad_1] The Philippine government will sign an agreement on Friday with the private sector and British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the purchase of 2 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The head of the National Task Force against COVID-19, Carlito Gálvez Jr., announced the agreement on Thursday, saying that the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The first locally transmitted Covid-19 case in Singapore in 16 days is that of a Singaporean working as a service engineer who dined with 12 members of his family at the Seoul Garden in Tampines Mall last Saturday (November 21). ), said the Ministry of Health (MOH). …

[ad_1] The mayors of Metro Manila want quarantine restrictions in the National Capital Region (NCR) to be eased after the Christmas holidays. The main executor of the government’s national policy on Covid-19, Carlito G. Galvez, said that this was the call of the Metro Manila Council to the Inter-Institutional Working …

[ad_1] November 28, 2020 Editor’s Note: Some of our Covid-19 coverage is free to readers of The economist today, our daily newsletter. For more stories and our pandemic tracker, check out our hub ASKED WHAT Keeps her awake at night while Texas prepares for the arrival of the first covid-19 …

[ad_1] INDIANAPOLIS: Indianapolis will host the NBA All-Star Weekend in 2024, the league said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila), formally rescheduling plans for that city to be the site of the league’s mid-season exhibition this season. In this Aug. 19, 2020, file photo, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver attends an NBA …