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. Prefectural official Kazuhiro Saito confirmed reports that the tests would be offered to up to 800,000 people living and working in parts of Hiroshima...
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. A nurse with protective gloves prepares a rapid antigen test for the coronavirus, on January 14,...
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). The DQR system is an electronic contact tracing and travel pass platform,...
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. Based on the agency’s regional daily case bulletin, 20 new cases were also reported...
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. Based on the DOH-Davao Region's COVID-19 Weekly Situationer No. 29, the total cases of healthcare...
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. A patient arrives at the 28 de Agosto Hospital in Manaus, Amazon State, Brazil, on January 14, 2021, amid the novel...
BUTUAN CITY - The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) opened a bio-molecular laboratory in Surigao City on Wednesday, January 13. The new laboratory will be able to serve the entire province of Surigao del Norte, its component city of Surigao and the nearby...
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. Oroquieta Mayor Lemuel Acosta, during the Kita ang Oroquieta live program,...
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. Mayor Sara Duterte (Facebook /...
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. OFWs in UK who are native of...
Ten World Health Organization scientists will visit China from Thursday to probe the origins of Covid-19, authorities said Monday, more than a year after the pandemic began and amid accusations Beijing has tried to thwart the investigation. This file photo taken on January 11, 2020 shows members of...
For paramedics dealing with a surge in coronavirus infections in Mexico, finding an available bed for patients in overwhelmed hospitals has become a daily lottery. Paramedics of the Mexican Red Cross Humberto Xoyatla (R) and Jesus Carmona (L) load a COVID-19 patient into an ambulance in Toluca,...
