[ad_1] MIES (Switzerland) – As 2020 draws to a close, FIBA President Hamane Niang took some time to reflect on this year heavily affected by the pandemic and look ahead to the end of the cycle in 2023. Here is his interview with fiba.basketball. Looking back over the year, particularly …
Read More »Philippines COVID-19 count surpasses 471,000 with 886 new infections
[ad_1] The Department of Health (DOH) reported 886 new 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) infections on Tuesday, bringing the total to 471,526 as nine labs failed to submit data on time. This is the third day in a row that fewer than 1,000 cases have been reported. On Monday, DOH reported 766 …
Read More »First vaccinations in four Irish hospitals
[ad_1] A 79-year-old Dublin grandmother will be the first person in the state to receive the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday afternoon. The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine will be administered at St James’s and Beaumont Hospitals in Dublin, Cork University Hospital and Galway University Hospital. The first person in the Republic …
Read More »PH COVID-19 case count now at 471,526 after Health Department records 886 new cases
[ad_1] (FILE) UNSETTING NEEDED A man grimaces as he undergoes a nasal swab for a COVID-19 test in Tondo, Manila. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health registered 886 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the country’s number of cases to 471,526. The additional cases brought …
Read More »Rise in coronavirus admissions prompts Los Angeles hospital to use chapel and gift shop for new patients
[ad_1] (CNN) – In a Los Angeles hospital there are five tents outside, one that serves as a waiting room. Many patients are admitted to Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, some are in the gift shop, a chapel, or a conference room. Over the past week, nearly 100,000 coronavirus …
Read More »886 new cases of COVID-19 bring total infections in HP to 471,526
[ad_1] Incoming Filipino passengers, mostly foreign workers from Bahrain, go through security protocols upon arrival at NAIA Terminal 1 on December 29, 2020. Passengers must complete a health declaration form, provide their destination in the country and undergo swab testing before obtaining clearance at the airport. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News …
Read More »PH Genome Center tests samples from UK travelers and other patients for a new COVID variant
[ad_1] Video courtesy of the Department of Health MANILA (TO UPDATE) – Inbound traveler samples testing positive for COVID-19 will undergo genetic sequencing to verify the UK’s newest variant of SARS-CoV-2, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday. The Undersecretary of Health, María Rosario Vergeire, said in a virtual …
Read More »IATF proposes to ban travelers from countries with cases of new variant of COVID-19
[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 29) – The country’s coronavirus task force recommended banning travelers from countries and territories that reported cases of the new COVID-19 variant, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Tuesday. President Rodrigo Duterte has already approved this proposal “in principle”, according to the Secretary of Health, …
Read More »OFWs exempted from travel ban in new countries affected by COVID-19 strain
[ad_1] (FILE) Repatriated overseas Filipino workers arrive at an airport after they were allowed to return home after weeks of quarantine amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Pasay City, Metro Manila , Philippines, May 26, 2020. REUTERS / Eloisa Lopez MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Overseas Workers (OFW) in …
Read More »From reporter to medical leader: the new life of JV Villar
[ad_1] Those who haven’t heard much from ABS-CBN TV news reporter JV Villar for the past 15 years were pleasantly surprised to see him just before Christmas on SRO through DZMM Teleradyo, where he shared his experience receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. He sounded very positive and in a good …
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