WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron XE variant at the border, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday. A person who has traveled from overseas to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the XE variant of Omicron, said the ministry. This is the...
If he would have his way, senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista would provide loan packages worth P100,000 to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that were battered by the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. ( Tim Mossholder/ Unsplash) “But let’s not give aid without...
Neither calamities nor the Covid-19 pandemic can halt the conduct of the upcoming May 2022 elections, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) declared on Saturday, April 23. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said the poll body will ensure that all registered...
"Do it for the country." This was Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion's appeal to the public to get their booster shots against Covid-19, saying this is their duty to the country. MB UPLIFT's awardee for Public Service, Presidential Adviser & GoNegosyo Founder Joey...
Literature, movies, and series about the imagined apocalypse and the post-apocalypse to keep our minds off this one Apocalyptic fiction challenges us to think of a far-fetched world, somewhere entirely different from reality. In the Covid era, however, most of the horrific, imagined narratives...
Sanha, a member of K-pop boy band ASTRO, has tested positive for Covid-19, his agency announced. Agency Fantagio announced that on April 22, Sanha used a self-test kit as a preemptive measure due to poor condition and the result turned out to be negative. Astro's Sanha (Twitter) “However, due to...
BEIJING, China -- An international team led by Chinese scientists identified in a recent study a new risk of Covid-19: it ages you beyond your years. Researchers from the Sixth Affiliated Hospital under Sun Yat-sen University in southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and their collaborators from Spain...
HELSINKI, Finland -- Finland appears to be past its latest Covid-19 peak, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (STM) said here on Thursday. There are clear signs of change for the better in the coronavirus pandemic in Finland, the ministry said at a joint press conference with the Finnish...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam recorded 11,160 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, down by 869 from Thursday, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections, which were recorded in 59 provinces and cities, were all domestically transmitted. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the epidemic...
LISBON, Portugal -- Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Thursday issued a government decree removing the mandatory use of masks for almost all situations. According to the president's website, Rebelo "promulgated a governmental order" related to Covid-19 restrictions, which include...
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand on Friday announced the end of compulsory Covid-19 tests for vaccinated travellers, as the country steps up efforts to revive its pandemic-thumped tourism industry. Tight border restrictions helped the kingdom limit infections and deaths in 2020 but brought the...
SINGAPORE, Singapore – Singapore will lift most of its strict virus curbs next week, officials announced Friday, hailing a "significant step" towards normalcy. Earlier this month the city-state reopened its borders to all vaccinated visitors, joining other countries in the region that have...
