Bed-ridden patients are treated in the congested corridors of the Oakbend Medical Center, a small hospital in Texas where a rapid increase in coronavirus cases threatens to overwhelm staff. Patients in the corridor of the Oakbend Medical Center, which is dealing with a surge of COVID patients. (AFP...
Britain, the United States, and Canada on Thursday risked worsening fraught diplomatic ties with Russia by accusing Moscow-linked hackers of targeting labs in their countries conducting coronavirus vaccine research. Britain is one of a number of countries conducting vaccine trials for COVID-19 (AFP...
The United Nations is seeking an additional $3.6 billion for its Global Humanitarian Response Plan to battle the pandemic, warning developed countries on Thursday of "the price of inaction" if poorer nations don't receive help. This United Nations handout photo released July 15, 2020, shows a wide...
Brazil topped two million coronavirus cases on Thursday, according to official data that put the number of deaths at more than 76,000. A 77-year-old COVID-19 positive patient arrives in an ambulance to be transferred by helicopter from the municipality of Monte Alegre to the municipality of...
BUTUAN CITY - The city government of Butuan has issued a new color-coding scheme under the extended General Community Quarantine (GCQ) in an effort to control the movement of people and stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Under the new color coding scheme, residents carrying...
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets smiles and talks to the media after practice as part of the NBA Restart on July 14, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. (Bill Baptist / NBAE via Getty Images / AFP) Nuggets star Nikola Jokic has arrived in Orlando and reunited with his teammates after missing the team’s...
CEBU CITY – The Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) began operations of the country’s first airport-dedicated coronavirus disease (COVID-19) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test laboratory. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) began operations of the country’s first...
Police in Chile are training dogs to detect people that may be infected with the novel coronavirus by sniffing their sweat. Officials hope to put Clifford and his fellow trainees to work in pedestrian-heavy areas such as train stations and airports, and at health control stations (AFP Photo/MARTIN...
LINGAYEN – The Pangasinan Provincial Health office (PHO) reported Tuesday night eight new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that included three minors. Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (Liezle Inigo / MANILA BULLETIN) PHO said all the patients were admitted at the Pangasinan Provincial...
The United States recorded 63,262 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, according to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday. The total number of cases recorded in the country since the start of the pandemic now exceeds 3.42 million, according to the Baltimore-based...
Rockets star Russell Westbrook (AFP) LOS ANGELES - NBA star Russell Westbrook revealed Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19 as the league gears up for its return in Florida later this month. Houston Rockets star Westbrook, the 2017 Most Valuable Player and one of the biggest names in the...
BACOLOD CITY - Twelve new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in Negros Occidental, while one was recorded in this city. Based on the data of the Department of Health (DOH)-6, seven were locally stranded individuals (LSIs), one was an overseas Filipino worker (OFW), while five...
