Ghana has reimposed a ban on social gatherings as the number of Covid-19 cases spiral in the West African nation, the president announced Sunday. (MANILA BULLETIN) Schools reopened in January after a 10-month closure, but President Nana Akufo-Addo said a return to stricter measures was needed....
Europe's row with AstraZeneca worsened after Germany declined to recommend the firm's coronavirus vaccine for older people, while the more contagious South African variant of the virus was detected for the first time in the already hard-hit United States. An army health worker prepares a dose of...
TUGUEGARAO CITY – Mayor Jefferson Soriano announced Friday, January 29, the extension for five more days the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) here until midnight February 3. Tuguegarao City (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual press briefing on Friday morning, Soriano announced that the...
Covid19 may damage sperm quality and reduce fertility in men, according to a new study based on experimental evidence. Elderly men exercise in a park in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on January 23, 2021, one year after the city went into lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – All 25 personnel of a police station in Maguindanao were ordered to undergo 14-day mandatory isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday. Personnel of the Pagalungan police force conduct an information campaign on Covid-19...
Cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country grew to 516,166 as a total of 1,173 new cases were recorded Tuesday, the Department of Health said. Department of Health (DOH) (MANILA BULLETIN) Eighteen patients recovered from the disease, bringing the national count of recoveries to 475,423....
The local government of Binangonan has assured its residents that relatives and other persons who have close contact with the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), who tested positive for the UK COVID-19 variant and a resident of Binangonan, Rizal, will be isolated and subjected to necessary procedures....
Pharma giant AstraZeneca has defended the efficacy of its Covid-19 vaccine after media reports said the German government had doubts about its effectiveness among those over 65. In this file photo taken on July 21, 2020 a general view is pictured of the offices of British-Swedish...
The first case of a coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Brazil has been confirmed in the United States, health authorities in the state of Minnesota said Monday. The Intensive Care Unit treating COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic patients in the Gilberto Novaes Hospital in Manaus on May 20,...
Australia's medical regulator has formally approved the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, with the first doses expected to be administered in late February, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday. In this file illustration photo taken on November 17, 2020 are pictured vials with Covid-19 Vaccine...
Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced Sunday that he was infected with the coronavirus, but said his symptoms are mild and he feels optimistic. Handout released by Presidencia de la Republica showing to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during his press conference...
The Covid-19 crisis is aggravating inequality, with the richest quickly getting richer while it will likely take years for the world's poorest to recover, anti-poverty group Oxfam said Monday. Syrians sift through a garbage dump in the countryside of Malikiya in northeast Syria, on January 17,...
