Health

Typhoon Ulysses: as ‘Ondoy’ again

[ad_1] ROOF SHELTER A man has nowhere else to go and waits for rescuers as his neighborhood in Barangay Banaba, San Mateo, Rizal province, practically sinks due to heavy rains thrown by “Ulises” on Thursday. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE It was like Typhoon “Ondoy” (international name: Ketsana) once again for many …

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DOH updates classification of Covid cases

[ad_1] The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday issued Department Memorandum 2020-0381 or the “Interim Guidelines on Classification and Management of Covid-19 Disease Severity” to update its disease severity classification by including ” moderate “to ensure alignment with international definitions. Following the World Health Organization reclassification of symptom severity among …

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ECQ, blocking possible – SUNSTAR

[ad_1] The city of CEBU may again be subjected to a strict lockdown if cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) continue to increase here in the coming days. The warning was issued by Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera, Director of Implementation of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during a press …

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Trolls Get Creative After WHO Censored Taiwan

[ad_1] TAIPEI – Taiwan’s alleged censorship of the World Health Organization (WHO) Facebook page inspired some creative trolls on Thursday, with special characters and foreign scripts used to bypass filters that also censored Winnie the Pooh, a character used to mock Chinese President Xi Jinping. . The deluge came after …

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