TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan will not act "as cruelly as China" in imposing lockdowns, its premier said Sunday, despite surging coronavirus infection numbers. The self-governing island recorded more than 10,000 new cases for the first time on Thursday, as the government moves from its zero-Covid...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron BA.4 variant at the border amid 12,699 community cases during the weekend, said the Ministry of Health on Sunday. A person who has traveled from overseas to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the BA.4 variant of...
The City Health Office (CHO) of Antipolo City recorded zero new Covid-19 cases on the last day of the month, April 30. A woman administers a Covid-19 vaccine shot to a man in one of the vaccination sites in Antipolo City. (Photo courtesy of the Antipolo Gov't Facebook Page) This is consistent with...
Covid-positive voters who are in a queue at polling precincts are allowed to cast their vote on Election Day, May 9, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Sunday, May 1. (Polling Precinct/ MB FILE PHOTO) Poll Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said symptomatic voters will still be...
The Muntinlupa City government recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases for the month of April, a decrease by 45 percent from the previous month. Daily data from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that Muntinlupa’s total confirmed Covid-19 cases rose from 39,906 on April 1 to 39,958 on April 30, or 52...
SINGAPORE, Singapore -- Singapore reported 2,141 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 1,197,908. Among the new cases, 2,083 were local transmissions and 58 were imported cases. Of the local cases, 269 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan has recorded 15,033 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases and three new deaths from the disease, the island's disease monitoring agency announced Saturday. The three deaths involved three elderly patients suffering from chronic diseases, the agency noted, adding that they...
The chairperson of the House Committee on Health has thanked President Duterte for enacting the "Public Health Emergency Benefits and Allowances for Healthcare Workers Act", which she deemed vital to the welfare of healthcare workers. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) A statement from the office of...
People scan a code to show a negative Covid-19 test result done within 48 hours before entering Nanluoguxiang, a commercial street in Beijing on April 30, 2022. Beijing residents will need clear Covid tests to enter public spaces, officials said on April 30, announcing fresh virus controls at the...
OTTAWA, Canada -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Covid-19 vaccine developer Moderna will build a manufacturing facility in the country's Quebec to deliver up to 100 million mRNA vaccine doses annually. Construction is set to start this year and the facility is expected...
WARSAW, Poland -- Poland will downgrade its classification of the Covid-19 pandemic in mid-May, recognizing an epidemic threat instead, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski has announced. Niedzielski told the Polish Press Agency that the decision had been discussed at various government levels, and was...
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for Covid-19 on Friday further extended the Covid-19 preventive measures until May 31 in efforts to contain the pandemic. The extension is applied to all orders, announcements and directives issued by related union...
