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Good Friday and the virus blockade empty the streets of Manila in Southeast Asia Rodrigo Duterte Covid Philippines Roman Catholic

[ad_1] Filipinos celebrated Good Friday, one of the most solemn holidays in Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, with streets and churches deserted following a strict lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Main roads and highways were eerily quiet after religious gatherings were banned in metro Manila and four …

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‘Someone screamed to distract the attacker from my mother,’ says daughter of Fil-Am, victim of a hate crime

[ad_1] HATE CRIME Security video captures Monday’s assault on a Filipino woman in Manhattan and the face of the alleged attacker. A suspect was arrested Tuesday. AFP file photo MANILA, Philippines – The 65-year-old Filipino-American’s daughter who was recently attacked in New York revealed that someone had intervened to distract …

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Moderna Provides Storage Update and Announces US FDA Authorizes Up to 15 Doses Per Vial of Its COVID-19 Vaccine

[ad_1] CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotech company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapies and vaccines, announced today that, based on the stability data presented, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration . (FDA) has cleared Moderna’s COVID. 19 The vaccine should be kept at room …

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Pfizer Says Its Covid-19 Vaccine Protects Younger Teens

[ad_1] PFIZER announced on Wednesday, March 31, that its Covid-19 vaccine is safe and highly protective in children as young as 12 years old, a step towards being able to start vaccines in this age group before they return to school in the autumn. Most of the Covid-19 vaccines that …

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