[ad_1] (CNN) – Hours before US President Donald Trump retweeted a message for his vice president to “act” to stop the Electoral College ratification, he met for more than an hour in the Oval Office with Mike Pence, who was recently has complained that it is not doing. enough to …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccine developed in China is more than 91% effective, says Turkey
[ad_1] A trial of a Chinese vaccine in Turkey was found to be 91.25% effective in preventing COVID-19 in a small group of participants in a large-scale trial, Reuters reported on Friday, citing Turkish health authorities. The announcement is a confidence boost for Beijing-based vaccine maker Sinovac after delaying the …
Read More »The world celebrates Christmas in the shadow of a pandemic – The Manila Times
[ad_1] VATICAN: The holiday festivities began on Friday, with hundreds of millions around the world under coronavirus restrictions celebrating a scaled-down version of a holiday typically marked by travel and large gatherings. The battle to stop the pandemic, which has claimed more than 1.7 million lives, is far from over …
Read More »Turkey to start using China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine after good results
[ad_1] Turkey will receive its first shipment of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine from China in a few days, as preliminary national tests showed it was 91 percent effective. Image Credit: AP Istanbul: Turkey will receive its first shipment of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine from China in a few days, as …
Read More »Christmas celebrated in the shadow of the pandemic
[ad_1] The holiday festivities began on Friday, with hundreds of millions around the world under coronavirus restrictions celebrating a scaled-down version of a holiday typically marked by travel and large gatherings. The battle to stop the pandemic, which has claimed more than 1.7 million lives, is far from over despite …
Read More »Duterte calls for meeting with IATF, experts to discuss UK’s new COVID-19 strain
[ad_1] President Rodrigo Roa Duterte chairs a meeting with the main members of the Inter-Institutional Working Group on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) before his talk with the people at the Malacañang Golf (Malago) Club House in Malacañang Park, Manila on November 17, 2020. ALFRED FRIAS / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines …
Read More »Duterte to discuss new strain of coronavirus with IATF on Saturday
[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 25) – President Rodrigo Duterte is calling for a meeting with pandemic response officials to discuss the new strain of coronavirus detected in the UK, which previously caused the temporary suspension of flights from the UK. In a message to reporters on Friday, Senator …
Read More »Pope asks for help for the poor in the discreet Christmas Eve mass halted by the pandemic | Voice of america
[ad_1] VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis held a low-key Christmas Eve Mass that was turned gloomy by the coronavirus pandemic and said people should feel compelled to help those in need because Jesus himself was born a poor outcast. Mass was celebrated Thursday in a rear section of St. Peter’s …
Read More »5.3-magnitude earthquake hits Davao Occidental
[ad_1] Photo by Phivolcs MANILA, Philippines —A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental and some areas in the Soccsksargen region on Friday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. According to the initial earthquake bulletin, Phivolcs said the quake originated 95 kilometers (kms) southeast of Sarangani, Davao …
Read More »China Shot efficacy uncertain after results from Brazil and Turkey
[ad_1] With trials of Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s coronavirus vaccine in Brazil and Turkey suggests that the injection has a protection rate on both sides of 90%, there is still no final assessment on how effective it is exactly in protecting people against Covid -19. Sinovac is finalizing the results of …
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