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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines plans to purchase 1 million to 2 million doses per month of CoronaVac from China for a total of 25 million doses by the end of the year, according to the country’s ambassador to China, José Santiago Sta. Romana. The Philippines has been using …

[ad_1] The virus has killed more than 300,000 people in Brazil, its spread favored by a highly contagious variant, internal political struggles and distrust in science. PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Patients began arriving at Porto Alegre hospitals much sicker and younger than before. Funeral homes were seeing a steady increase …

[ad_1] By NewsDesk @ bactiman63 The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has decided to extend the pause in the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine because more research is needed. On March 11, 2021, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health decided to temporarily pause vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine in Norway. …

[ad_1] (CNN) – Health officials are warning Americans not to relax in the fight against COVID-19, despite a record daily number of vaccine doses being administered to the population. In a briefing on Friday, White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said that 71% of people 65 and older had …

[ad_1] The country published on Saturday its second highest number of cases of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) since the pandemic began last year with 9,595 new cases, according to the Department of Health (DoH). This is slightly lower than the 9,838 posted on Friday. Saturday’s figure brought the number …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ active COVID-19 case count is approaching the 120,000 mark, as the Department of Health (DOH) reported an additional 9,595 cases on Saturday. In its latest data as of March 27, the DOH said the country now has a total of 712,442 COVID-19 cases, of …

[ad_1] A combination of expensive consumer goods and slow mass vaccination at a time when COVID-19 is on the rise has prompted the World Bank to moderate its growth recovery expectations for the Philippines, while an economic research firm said the economy he was in a “worrying state.” The World …

[ad_1] As the country’s daily count of new COVID-19 infections surpassed the 9,000 mark for the first time, the government said on Friday that two more makeshift hospitals should be ready by next month to accommodate the surge in cases and alleviate the load from major hospitals in Metro Manila, …

[ad_1] The Philippines reported another record 9,838 new coronavirus infections in 2019 (COVID-19) on Friday, bringing the total count to 702,856, even as seven labs failed to submit data on time. The previous highest daily gain was recorded Thursday at 8,733. As of 4 p.m. on March 26, 2021, the …

[ad_1] Supreme Court (SC) Deputy Justice Edgardo delos Santos has expressed his intention to retire early for health reasons, superior court spokesman Brian Keith Hosaka said on Friday. Hosaka said delos Santos informed him that the magistrate was considering leaving the judiciary before his mandatory retirement on June 12, 2022 …