With hospitals in the Mexican capital overwhelmed by soaring coronavirus infections, relatives are queuing for hours to buy oxygen for the growing number of people fighting the virus at home. People line up to refill oxygen tanks at the Infra Medica Company in Mexico City, on January 22, 2021. -...
Severe allergic reaction to Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine is "rare," US health authorities said Friday, with only 10 cases arising from more than four million first doses. This file photo taken on November 18, 2020 shows a bottle reading "Vaccine Covid-19" next to the Moderna biotech company...
Exactly one year after it thrust the word "lockdown" into the global conversation, Wuhan passes the anniversary on Saturday with a mix of pride at recovering from the coronavirus and caution over a possible relapse. A couple wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19...
Thousands of Hong Kongers were ordered to stay in their homes on Saturday for the city's first coronavirus lockdown as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts. A woman walks past a police cordon around a locked building in the Jordan area of the Yau...
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. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) secretary Martin Andanar (Photo via Minerva Newman / MANILA BULLETIN) This...
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. a makeshift quarantine site being built to accommodate close contacts of...
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. President Donald Trump greets his supporters at Valley...
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. Mayor Sara Duterte (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) Once completed, Duterte said there will be mandatory enforcement of...
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. A resident show the OR code after her registration to Baguio In My Pocket, a citizen portal apps to be use for entry at city hall and...
PANGASINAN – Cagayan Vice Governor Melvin “Boy” Vargas admitted on Saturday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a Facebook post, Vargas said he was confirming that he had been infected with the coronavirus so that he could immediately go on isolation, while...
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. A nurse prepares an injection of the Chinese made Covid-19 vaccine Sinovac at the Sabiha Uzun Maternal Child...
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. Nurses prepare to administer a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine to health workers at the KC General hospital in Bangalore...
