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[ad_1] Health workers on Monday denounced official “inconsistent” policies on the use of the coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech, saying this raised questions about whether they were only being provided safe and highly effective vaccines. Employees of the Lung Center in the Philippines belonging to the Alliance of …

[ad_1] the Czech RepublicFighting the world’s worst increase in Covid-19 infections, it deployed more police and soldiers on Monday to help enforce new lockdown measures that seek to confine people primarily to their home districts. The first Minister Andrej Babis He has said that the healthcare system is facing collapse …

[ad_1] The PHILIPPINES has temporarily banned poultry imports from the Russian Federation after the Russian Federation reported the first global case of human transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 (bird flu). In a memorandum signed on February 26, Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar suspended imports from Russia of domestic …

[ad_1] COLLIN Morikawa continued to cement his place among the next generation of golf, winning for the third time in eight months with a victory Sunday at the World Golf Championship (WGC) – Workday Championship at The Concession in Bradenton, Florida. The 24-year-old Morikawa shot 3-under-69 to finish at 18-under-270 …

[ad_1] JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s resort island of Bali has launched a self-service vaccination campaign targeting thousands of hospitality workers as the popular tourist destination reopens its eyes to foreign visitors. Billed as the first campaign of its kind in Southeast Asia, Bali vehicle vaccinations kicked off over the weekend. …

[ad_1] A Chinese Coast Guard patrol vessel, equipped with what appear to be cannons, is seen in October in the contiguous area of ​​Japan around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa prefecture. Courtesy of the 11th Regional Headquarters of the Coast Guard TOKYO – In the month since China enacted its …

[ad_1] DECEMBER 8, 2020 The picturesque beaches and waters of the island of Boracay continue to attract increasing numbers of tourists despite the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Jack Jarilla) MANILA, Philippines – Boracay’s world-famous white beach and El Nido, Palawan’s Nacpan Beach, made it to a travel website’s Best Beaches …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 could have prevented the shooting incident between agents of the Philippine Drug Control Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), said a lawmaker Monday. Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, who also chairs the …

[ad_1] (Photo from Anatolia) MANILA – Philippine pharmaceutical company Glovax Biotech has partnered with a Korean vaccine manufacturer to produce EuCorVac-19 in the Philippines, should the government buy 40 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. In a statement, Glovax said it is in discussions with the Department of Commerce and …

[ad_1] FINALLY, the Philippines’ vaccination campaign begins Monday with the delivery of the initial 600,000 doses of the China-made CoronaVac vaccine, which is unloaded here from a Chinese military aircraft and loaded into a refrigerated van at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Sunday afternoon. —RICHARD A. REYES The …