SHANGHAI, China -- China blasted the United States for making "groundless accusations" about its Covid-19 policy, after surging cases in Shanghai prompted the American consulate to let some staff leave the locked-down megacity. Beijing's zero-Covid strategy has come under strain since March as over...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III said hastening booster vaccination among Filipinos will not slow business activity but will instead benefit the country in the long term and in many ways. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion (Screenshot from...
(Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) urged fully vaccinated adults to get their booster shots against Covid-19 amid concerns over the Omicron XE variant. PCP President Dr. Maricar Limpin said cases could spike again if this new variant of Covid-19...
State economic managers have lauded Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon for his major contribution in the passage of three key economic reform laws that are seen to hasten the country’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. In a letter signed by Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez, Trade...
Former Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Sunday said the government should consider utilizing the unused budget of underspending government agencies to fund the country’s healthcare programs. In a press briefing in Sorsogon, Ejercito said the national government should consider this move...
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte--If it weren't for the Covid-19 pandemic, presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos would have been joined by another Marcos on stage during the big UniTeam rally here Saturday night, April 9 at the Leyte Grandstand. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam logged 34,140 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, down 5,194 cases from Friday, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 localities nationwide, included 34,138 domestically transmitted and two imported. Localities reporting the highest number of...
NEW DELHI, India -- The prices of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines have been slashed in India, the companies announced Saturday. Both vaccines will cost 2.96 U.S. dollars per dose. India's federal health ministry Friday announced that those above the age of 18 years, nine months after the...
HONG KONG, China -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Saturday that an increase in Covid-19 cases through self-reported rapid antigen tests (RAT) is well within the scope of what the HKSAR government can handle. Hong Kong started on Friday a...
LIMA, Peru -- Peru on Saturday declared a state of emergency in its critical tourism industry, which has been crushed by Covid. The country went from receiving 4.4 million foreign tourists in 2019 to 900,000 in 2020. In 2021, only 400,000 visited, according to official data. The Ministry of Foreign...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea reported 185,566 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 15,169,189, the health authorities said Saturday. People line up for Covid-19 test at a testing site in Seoul, South Korea, March 23, 2022....
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's medical regulator has provisionally approved Covid-19 booster vaccines for adolescents as young as 12. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) on Friday announced provisional approval for Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine as a booster for Australians aged 12-15,...
