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[ad_1] The world’s longest internet shutdown, affecting more than a million people for 19 months in one of Myanmar’s ethnic conflict zones, has come to an end, according to a mobile operator based in the region. The internet in parts of the troubled Rakhine and Chin states in northern Myanmar …

[ad_1] The strain has witnessed multiple mutations in its tip protein, through which the virus enters the human body and on which vaccines act; Scientists say the variant can make vaccines less effective. The WHO has said that new variants that are more infectious than the original virus may not …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Health workers at four Covid-19 referral hospitals in Metro Manila will be the first to be vaccinated against the severe respiratory disease once vaccine supplies arrive this month, the head of the program said Wednesday. government vaccination. Carlito Galvez Jr., who handles the procurement of vaccines …

[ad_1] PARIS – Emergency measures to reduce the coronavirus pandemic affected democratic freedoms around the world last year, with setbacks in the West even as some Asian countries made progress, according to a report on Wednesday. The annual “Democracy Index” published by The Economist Intelligence Unit found an erosion of …

[ad_1] MULTIMEDIA Jonathan Cellona, ​​ABS-CBN News Published in February 03, 2021 03:39 PM | Updated as of February 03, 2021 03:48 PM A meat vendor serves customers at a community store along Avenida E. Rodríguez in Quezon City on Wednesday. Pork and poultry traders urged the government to review the …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Transportation officials have agreed to defer full enforcement of the child safety seat law, which requires private drivers to use safety seats for children under the age of 12 to avoid injury in the event of an accident. “There is still no need to worry about …

[ad_1] CITY OF TACLOBAN – So far, only 40,000 people in Eastern Visayas have registered as voters for the 2022 elections. Attorney Felicisimo Embalsado, regional deputy director of the Elections Commission in Eastern Visayas, said the low number of registrants could be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the May …

[ad_1] (CNN) – The Biden administration is embroiled in an internal debate over whether to call the military takeover in Myanmar a coup, a designation that would have ramifications for U.S. assistance to the country’s government, according to a State Department official and an official from the administration. It is …

[ad_1] Elie Honig explains why Trump lost his impeachment legal team The White House invitation came hours after lawmakers sent a letter to Biden on Sunday urging him to negotiate rather than push the aid package, though relying solely on Democratic votes. It comes as Scottish lawmakers are mulling over …

[ad_1] The Philippines could be in a better position to switch to a more relaxed quarantine measure starting next month thanks to the availability of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), a cabinet official said. “We will go through another month of GCQ (general community quarantine) but I …