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China's largest wholesale market suspends sales, storage of frozen goods as COVID-19 precaution

Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 07:47 PM

The Xinfadi market in Beijing, which was at the center of an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the Chinese capital in June, has disposed of products and disinfected over a hundred cold storage units and shut down their power, the state-backed Beijing News has reported. Read more »

When and which COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be available in Asia Pacific

Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 06:10 PM

If regulators approve any of the vaccines in coming weeks, the companies have said distribution could begin almost immediately with governments around the world. Read more »

Coronavirus: more heat than light in quest for origin of COVID-19

Linda Lew and Nadia Lam, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 25 01:06 PM

The WHO, an Italian study and a team from a medical journal are tracking the pathogen’s source but there’s still no answer on where it made the leap to humans. China maintains that the disease’s initial appearance in Wuhan did not mean it started there. Read more »

To fight misinformation, DOH to mount info drive on COVID-19 vaccine

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 10:09 PM

In an interview on Teleradyo, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said health officials have been finalizing the information drive to prepare communities.    Read more »

Coronavirus: hundreds of corpses stored in New York freezer trucks for months

South China Morning Post by Agencies
Posted at Nov 24 04:45 PM

Many bodies are of people whose families can’t be located or afford proper burial. New York state has reported at least 34,187 deaths of people due to COVID-19. Read more »

'Chippy' maker URC diversifies into rubbing alcohol production to aid in pandemic fight

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 07:24 PM

Consumer snacks and beverage firm Universal Robina Corp (URC) is introducing two pharmaceutical grade rubbing alcohol brands to support the country's fight against COVID-19, it said on Tuesday.   Read more »

DLSU says doing away with admission exam

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 09:36 PM

The De La Salle University said Monday it would not hold a college admission test this year as the coronavirus pandemic continued to disrupt the conduct of in-person entrance exams in higher education institutions. Read more »

G20 dithers on poor countries debt time bomb

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 23 08:30 AM

The G20 promised Sunday to tackle the explosive issue of developing-nation debt, but failed to stake out any clear action, infuriating campaigners warning of a looming crisis.   Read more »

Tennis: Nadal urges patience ahead of Australian Open decision

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 22 09:56 PM

Rafael Nadal urged patience over the arrangements for the Australian Open after losing his last-four match at the ATP Finals in London on Saturday. Read more »

QCinema Film Festival to go digital this year

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 02:27 PM

QCinema is adapting to the times as it brings the film festival experience to anyone in the country right in the comfort of their homes.   Read more »

Higantes Festival: Angono honors frontliners during celebration of feast of Saint Clement

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 01:14 PM

The Municipality of Angono in Rizal pushed through with its annual celebration of the feast of Saint Clement through the Higantes Festival even amid the coronavirus pandemic.   Read more »

PH Red Cross opens COVID-19 testing lab in Isabela

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 10:15 AM

The Philippine Red Cross has opened a coronavirus testing laboratory in Isabela province that will service the entire region of Cagayan Valley, its chairman Sen. Richard Gordon said Sunday. Read more »

Fears over ‘super-spreading event’ at dancing venues as HK logs over 100 initial COVID cases

Elizabeth Cheung and Gigi Choy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 22 07:51 AM

Everyone who visited any of 14 dancing venues linked to a cluster of COVID-19 infections will be required to take a coronavirus test. Among the newly confirmed infections, 21 are related to the dancing cluster, centered on the Wan Chai venue Starlight Dance Club. Read more »

Pandemic pushing 9 pct of PH firms to consider permanent closure: survey

Nika Lazo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 09:33 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing around 9 percent of Philippine companies to consider permanent closure, according to a study launched on Wednesday. Read more »

Past experience with SARS, MERS helped Vietnam, S. Korea respond better to COVID-19 crisis: experts

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 09:15 PM

Health experts from Vietnam and South Korea said their past experience with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has helped them in responding to the current COVID-19 crisis. Read more »

Doctors and nurses urge Trump to share COVID-19 data with Biden

Gabriella Borter and Anurag Maan, Reuters
Posted at Nov 18 05:11 AM

US doctors and nurses, in a letter published on Tuesday, urged the Trump administration to share critical COVID-19 data with President-elect Joe Biden's transition team to avoid unnecessary delays in tackling the pandemic as states crack down on skyrocketing infections.   Read more »

Lorenzana: Some 310,000 OFWs repatriated since start of pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 12:09 AM

OFWs have been returning to the Philippines since early March when coronavirus cases rapidly rose worldwide. Read more »

Coronavirus cases in India drop to lowest since mid-July

Reuters
Posted at Nov 17 01:44 PM

Daily cases have fallen in India, the country with the second-highest number of infections behind the United States, since hitting a peak in September.   Read more »

Terrorism, coronavirus pandemic on the agenda as BRICS leaders meet

Laura Zhou in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 17 12:57 PM

Five emerging economies are expected to endorse a strategy setting out how they can work together on counterterrorism. Economic recovery and cooperation in public health are also likely to be discussed at their virtual summit. Read more »

Coronavirus hunters pick up another piece of the trail in Italy

Stephen Chen in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 17 12:51 PM

A new research suggests the pathogen infected people across the country months before it was detected in China. Antibodies specific to the coronavirus were found in blood samples from lung cancer screening tests going back to September last year. Read more »