Vanuatu reported its first Covid-19 case Wednesday, ending the Pacific island nation's status as one of the few remaining virus-free countries in the world. The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu announced its first Covid-19 case on Wednesday, ending its status as one of the few virus-free countries...
TACLOBAN CITY - Eastern Samar province logged its single highest number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, November 10, according to the Department of Health in Region 8 (DOH-8). Out of the 129 new cases in the region, DOH-8 said 75 came from Eastern Samar, most of whom were close...
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted emergency approval to a synthetic antibody treatment against Covid-19 developed by Eli Lilly, after the drug was shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization and emergency room visits. An electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles,...
BAGUIO CITY – This city posted yet another record-high number of recoveries from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a single day with 95 on Monday, November 9. That brought to a total of 1,894 of recoveries out of 2,546 confirmed cases, with 620 active cases, and 32 deaths, as of 6...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Mayor Darwin Estrañero here reported the city’s first coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fatality on Monday, November 9. Estrañero said the fatality was a 53-year-old male employee of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA)-Kalinga, who passed away at the Cagayan...
Brazil's health regulator said Monday it had suspended clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine after an "adverse incident" involving a volunteer recipient, a blow for one of the most advanced vaccine candidates. A nurse shows a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac...
Two more people close to US President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, media reports said Monday. In this file photo taken on March 28, 2020 The White House is seen in the morning in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP) Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson....
The global tally of people infected by the coronavirus shot past 50 million on Monday, as United States President-elect Joe Biden geared up to name the scientists who will lead the country's response to its disastrous outbreak. Swiss army reservists listen to officers speeches at Moudon military...
BAGUIO CITY – This city atoned for several days of record-high number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections by posting 110 recoveries on Sunday, which was the most in a single day since the pandemic broke out in March. This piece of good news was coupled with the 158 recoveries logged...
Baguio City – The city’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) posted 3rd fatality and 69 new patients with 12 recoveries on Saturday (Nov. 7). The third death for this month is a 78-year-old female who underwent hepatic cyst surgery on Oct. 15. She was diagnosed with acute respiratory...
The United States has set a third straight daily record for new Covid-19 infections, notching more than 127,000 cases, John Hopkins University reported Friday. A medical staff member grabs a finger of a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the COVID-19 intensive care unit...
Swathes of Italy return to coronavirus lockdown Friday as the resurgent pandemic continued its march through Europe and reached record levels in the United States. People wearing protective masks, sitting at the coffee tables of a bar nera Piazza Farnese during the government restriction measures...