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Young adults dressed to the nines in kimonos gathered at venues in Japan on Monday to celebrate reaching the age of majority, although many of the usually jubilant events were cancelled over coronavirus fears.

One year ago, China announced the first death from a new virus in Wuhan -- 12 months later, Covid-19 has claimed 1.9 million lives in an unrelenting march across the world.

India aims to begin vaccinating its 1.3 billion people against coronavirus from Saturday, a colossal and complex task compounded by safety worries, shaky infrastructure and public scepticism.

BAGUIO CITY - Mayor Benjamin Magalong announced that the city government has initially set a target of 190,000 individuals, who will be administered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines.

DAVAO CITY - A total of 460 new cases, 108 recoveries and 13 deaths due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded in Davao region over the weekend.

ILOILO CITY – The local government of this city will acquire at least 600,000 doses of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and not just 50,000 doses as earlier announced by Mayor Jerry Treñas.

BAGUIO CITY – Four more deaths due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded in the country’s Summer Capital and in the towns of La Trinidad and Tuba in Benguet on Sunday.

Australia's third-largest city lifted stay-at-home orders Monday, after mass testing and tracing across Brisbane found no new coronavirus cases despite fears over a contagious strain entering the community.

CAGAYAN – The specimen taken from the 10 relatives of the overseas Filipina worker (OFW), who was found to be positive for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant in Hong Kong, are now being examined by the Department of Health (DOH).

The Philippines has recorded almost 2,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Saturday, Jan. 9, the Department of Health (DOH) said.

The United States logged a record new daily virus caseload as Joe Biden slammed the Trump administration's vaccine roll-out as a "travesty" and millions in Asia woke up to new lockdowns.

Ten babies were killed in a maternity unit in the Indian state of Maharashtra early Saturday when fire tore through a major hospital, a doctor said.

BAGUIO CITY – With the death toll in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) up by 40 percent in less than a month, Mayor Benjamin Magalong has tasked the City Health Services Office (CHSO) to immediately confer with private and public medical experts, as well as the Department of Health (DOH) -Cordillera to find ways to prevent more fatalities directly or indirectly caused by virus.

COVID-19 cases in the country increased to 483,852 after the Department of Health (DoH) detected 1,776 new infections Friday.

BACOLOD CITY - The city of Bacolod maintained its modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status this month as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases here continued to go on a decline.

BACOLOD CITY - The city government of Bacolod will be allocating P300 million for the procurement of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines.

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan—The city government of Puerto Princesa will be setting aside P500 million for the purchase of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA)-approved coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines.

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Mayor Noel Rosal announced Thursday morning that the city government of Legazpi is preparing a P200-million budget to buy coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines.