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US life expectancy drops for 2nd straight year

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 01 04:26 AM

More than 1.04 million people with COVID-19 have died in the United States since early 2020. Read more »

Morgues overflowing as Hong Kong suffers deadly COVID wave

Holmes Chan and Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 07:25 PM

In under three months since the highly transmissible variant broke through, Hong Kong has recorded nearly a million infections and more than 4,600 deaths - the bulk of them from the city's unvaccinated elderly population. Read more »

DOH lists 292 new COVID-19 deaths amid data issues

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 03:59 PM

The Philippines listed 292 additional COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday amid technical issues hounding the DOH data collating system COVIDKaya. Read more »

Philippines logs over 20,000 probable COVID-19 deaths in 2020 - PSA report

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 08:26 PM

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has recorded 20,840 probable COVID-19 deaths last year, aside from 9,300 confirmed ones, it said in its latest report. Read more »

India's COVID deaths surpass 300,000

Reuters
Posted at May 24 01:43 PM

BENGALURU - India's overall death toll from COVID-19 crossed 300,000 on Monday, as it reported 4,454 deaths over the last 24 hours. Read more »

India hits 4,000 virus deaths in a day

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 08 12:21 PM

India recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a day for the first time, the government said Saturday.   Read more »

COVID-19 spreading in rural India, logs record daily rise in infections, deaths

Reuters
Updated as of May 06 02:16 PM

India reported a record 412,262 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and a record 3,980 daily death toll, as a second wave of infections swamps the health system and spreads from cities into the vast countryside. Read more »

The deadliest month: COVID kills 66,500 people in Brazil in March

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 01 06:39 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - Hard-hit Brazil's coronavirus death toll soared in March, its deadliest month yet in the pandemic, with 66,573 people killed by Covid-19, more than double the previous record. Read more »

Metro Manila mayors, IATF agree to ease quarantine, Palace says

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 08:42 AM

Metro Manila mayors and the inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response have reached an agreement to place the National Capital Region under modified general community quarantine next month, Malacañang said on Friday.  Read more »

PhilHealth says may finish liquidating 'stolen' P15 billion in March

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 15 06:29 PM

State medical insurer PhilHealth said on Monday it might complete next month a liquidation of P15 billion in public funds that were allegedly stolen by unscrupulous officials.  Read more »

Spain tops three million virus cases

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 10 07:02 AM

MADRID, Spain - The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Spain, one of Europe's hardest-hit nations, has topped three million since the start of the pandemic, the health ministry said Tuesday.  Read more »

World faces around 4,000 coronavirus variants, prompting search for improved vaccines: UK ofc'l

Guy Faulconbridge and Alistair Smout, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 05 06:23 AM

There are around 4,000 coronavirus variants around the world prompting vaccine manufacturers, including Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc, to try to improve their shots, a British minister said.   Read more »

Duterte okays 'no disconnection' rule for electricity 'lifeliners' in February

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 01:34 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the extension of the "no power disconnection" policy for "lifeliners" or low-income Filipinos to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, one of his aides said on Thursday.  Read more »

China to provide 10 million vaccine doses to COVAX initiative

Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 07:45 PM

China plans to provide 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to global vaccine sharing scheme COVAX, as three Chinese companies have applied to join the initiative for approval, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.   Read more »

Singapore approves Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in Asia first

Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 05:44 PM

Singapore has become the first country in Asia to approve Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine as it begins rolling out its immunization program to the wider population.   Read more »

Health workers in 4 NCR hospitals are on top of COVID-19 vaccination list

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 03 03:53 PM

Health workers in 4 hospitals in Metro Manila will be prioritized in the distribution of COVID-19 shots, the first batch of which is expected to arrive in the Philippines this month, an official leading the inoculation drive said on Wednesday.  Read more »

Duterte to meet Cabinet Wednesday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 03:35 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will meet his Cabinet later Wednesday, Malacañang said.    Read more »

PH looking to give COVID-19 vaccination priority to economic frontliners, athletes

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 03 01:57 PM

Authorities will look into possibly expanding the priority list for COVID-19 vaccination to cover economic frontliners and some athletes, an official leading the inoculation drive said on Wednesday.  Read more »

MGCQ for entire Philippines 'doable' in Feb or March: trade chief

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 03:38 PM

A target for the Philippines to shift to the least stringent quarantine level in the first quarter of the year remains "doable", the trade department said on Friday despite a local cases of new, more contagious COVID-19 variant.  Read more »

No extension: Philippine travel curbs vs new COVID-19 variant to end Jan. 31

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 12:42 PM

A ban on the entry of foreign travelers that is meant to halt the spread of a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant will "lapse" on Jan. 31, as initially announced, Malacañang said on Friday.  Read more »