The WHO chief took on so-called "vaccine diplomacy" on Monday, slamming countries for using Covid-19 jabs to gain competitive advantage rather than engaging in true cooperation to end the pandemic. "Vaccine diplomacy is not cooperation," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters from the World...
Schools and stores reopened in parts of Europe on Monday, easing out of months of COVID-19 lockdowns, but the devastating outbreak raged on across the sub-continent and health experts declared the virus mutation in India a "variant of concern". A COVID-19 patient reacts while sitting on a bed...
Variant accelerating India's COVID explosion: WHO top scientist A COVID-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and may be dodging vaccine protections, contributing to the country's explosive outbreak, the World Health Organization's chief scientist said Saturday. World Health...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said that he instructed his agency to file for an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinopharm. Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN...
The Philippines is hopeful that the memory of those who died during World War II will serve as a reminder for the world of the cost of reclaiming peace and defending it in the present time. Photo from DFA Twitter account (@DFAPHL) The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) made the statement as it...
ITZY (The Chart Show with Brooke Reese) K-pop girl group ITZY has sold more than 200,000 copies of their fourth mini-album “Guess Who.” According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Guess Who” garnered sales of 200,130 copies in the first week of release from April 30 to May 6. The total is 55,775...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization (WHO) and Germany jointly announced on Wednesday the establishment of a new global hub based in Berlin for pandemic and epidemic intelligence, data, surveillance, and analytics innovation. "The new WHO Hub will be a global platform for pandemic...
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday hailed the United States' support for a global waiver on patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines, describing it as a "historic decision". WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN The...
President Duterte himself is afraid that he won’t last if he got infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), warning “hardheaded” Filipinos to stay at home amid the surge of cases. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) “Alam mo hindi ito biro. 'Pag tinamaan ka ng COVID, it's...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) alerted local government units (LGUs) on Saturday, May 1, against the possible presence of fake Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines that are allegedly being sold in the market. “While there is no information yet on the presence of the fake (Pfizer)...
THINKING PINOY RJ Nieto The legendary Efren “Bata” Reyes isn’t the best billiards player. Do you know who’s better than him? The audience, the “ miron. ” No matter what decision he makes on the pool table, there’s a miron who’ll say Efren should’ve done this and that. To the...
Label SJ World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gave a surprise shoutout to Super Junior after the release of their comeback album The Renaissance. The WHO chief particularly highlighted the message of the title track House Party as a fitting reminder to work...
