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CEBU CITY – At least two million Filipinos from this city, and other major cities in the country, will be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by April.

Thousands of prefabricated rooms fill a vast field on the outskirts of China's Shijiazhuang city as construction crews work around the clock to erect a large quarantine facility to curb the city's growing Covid-19 outbreak.

President Donald Trump on Monday lifted a ban on travelers arriving from much of Europe and Brazil, effective from January 26, after the US recently announced all incoming air passengers will need a negative Covid-19 test before departure.

DAVAO CITY – The pilot testing of the local government of Davao’s Safe Davao QR (DQR) system may be completed by the first week of February, Mayor Sara Duterte announced.

BAGUIO CITY – “Baguio in My Pocket (BIMP) will now serve as database for those who wish to be inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in this city.

PANGASINAN – Cagayan Vice Governor Melvin “Boy” Vargas admitted on Saturday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

China will donate one million doses of its Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Cambodia, the kingdom's strongman premier Hun Sen has said, thanking "friend" Beijing for its generosity.

India was set to begin one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination drives Saturday as the pandemic spread at a record pace and global Covid-19 deaths surged past two million.

Japan's Hiroshima prefecture is to conduct the country's first mass coronavirus tests as it battles a surge of infections, an official said Friday.

Germany on Friday passed two million coronavirus cases as a World Health Organization emergency committee readied to issue advice on stemming the spread of new, more contagious strains of the disease.

DAVAO CITY – Dabawenyos will be informed through a text message from Safe Davao QR (DQR) of the city government of Davao if they encounter individuals, who have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

DAVAO CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) Davao Center for Health Development reported 63 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the region, with 28 coming from Davao City, on Thursday, January 14.

DAVAO CITY – A total of 107 health workers in the Davao region tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past eight days, according to the Department of Health (DOH) Davao.

Amazonas state in northern Brazil on Thursday announced a 10-day curfew to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as cases soar and hospitals run out of beds and oxygen.

BUTUAN CITY - The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) opened a bio-molecular laboratory in Surigao City on Wednesday, January 13.

ILIGAN CITY – The city government of Oroquieta signed a deal with AstraZeneca for the advance purchase of 120,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 for the city’s 60,000 residents.

DAVAO CITY - A hotel-type quarantine facility or Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facility (TTMF) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms, is now operating here, the city government announced on Monday, January 11.

ASINGAN, Pangasinan – Aside from having former President Fidel V. Ramos as its most revered son, this town is also famous for being home to hundreds of Filipinos, who are working in the frontlines of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the United Kingdom.