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[ad_1] More than 1000 New Yorkers tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, the first time since June 5 that the state has seen such a high daily number of cases, the Associate Press reports. The number of positive tests reported daily in the state has been gradually increasing in recent …

[ad_1] The president of the Philippine Olympic Committee, Bambol Tolentino, announced on Saturday the remaining members of his ticket when he runs for re-election on November 27. In an online press conference, Tolentino named national triathlon chief Tom Carrasco as its president, gymnastics director Cynthia Carrion as treasurer, baseball leader …

[ad_1] First, the workers of the state companies were dosed. Then government officials and vaccine company personnel. Next: teachers, supermarket employees and people who travel to risk areas abroad. The world still lacks a proven coronavirus vaccine, but that hasn’t stopped Chinese officials from trying to inoculate tens of thousands, …

[ad_1] Medical staff take a swab sample from a woman to test for the novel COVID-19 coronavirus at a clinic in Insein, Yangon, on September 21, 2020 (Photo by Ye Aung THU / AFP). Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, has rapidly built new quarantine centers as it rushes to contain the …

[ad_1] LeBron James can reach a milestone only achieved by three players in NBA Finals history if the Los Angeles Lakers can close out their Western Conference Finals series against the Denver Nuggets. NBA Live: Denver @ LA Lakers GM 5 Sunday, September 27 2:00 am James has a chance …

[ad_1] Andy Murray said a delay in receiving the COVID-19 test result upon his return to Britain made him wait to seek treatment for a pelvic problem, but he was fit before the French Open, which begins on Sunday. Murray reached the second round of the US Open this month …

[ad_1] Manny Pacquiao (left) and Conor McGregor (right). (File photo) MANILA – The side of legislator and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao confirmed this Saturday that a match against Conor McGregor is being negotiated. “Our attorneys are finalizing all confidential details,” said Jayke Joson, Pacquiao’s special assistant, in a statement. McGregor, …

[ad_1] Casimero 117¾, Micah 117¼ Ready for the fight! By Carlos CostaPhilBoxing.comSat, 26 Sep 2020 Philippine world champion Johnriel Casimero (left) and undefeated African challenger Duke Micah (24-0, 19 KO’s) made weight for their battle for the WBO world bantamweight title at the Mohegan Sun on Saturday (Sunday the morning …

[ad_1] With coronavirus deaths approaching a million, experts are calling for concerted action to curb the pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the global death toll from COVID-19 could more than double to two million before a successful vaccine is widely used, and could be even higher …

[ad_1] Samples of a COVID-19 vaccine produced by CNBG, a subsidiary of Sinopharm, are displayed near a 3D model of a coronavirus during a trade fair in Beijing on September 6, 2020. Sinopharm’s state-backed subsidiary CNBG has injected 350,000 people outside of its clinical trials for COVID -19, which has …