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NEC to provide coating service on PCs to combat COVID

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 23 08:49 AM

NEC Corp. will start providing a coating service for business operators from late February to counteract the coronavirus on personal computers. Read more »

New Zealand outbreak forces PM Ardern to scrap wedding plans

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 08:41 AM

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was Sunday forced to call off her own wedding as she tightened COVID-19 restrictions in the face of an outbreak of the omicron variant. Read more »

NVOC chief appeals for honesty in getting booster shots

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 23 08:42 AM

The National Vaccination Operations Center head appealed to the public to be honest with their COVID-19 booster shots as some people are possibly planning to receive a fourth dose. Read more »

Mga sinisitang unvaccinated inspection ng I-ACT sa NCR, papaunti

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 11:42 PM

Sa tala ng i-ACT, papaunti ang bilang ng mga nahuhuli nila sa mga nakaraang araw. Read more »

Tsino tiklo sa pagbebenta ng 'smuggled' antigen kits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 10:52 PM

Arestado sa pagbebenta ng umano'y smuggled coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antigen test kits ang isang negosyanteng Chinese. Read more »

Slow vaccine rollout? Gov't strategies are working, NTF tells World Bank

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 10:44 PM

The NTF said the rampage of Typhoon Odette last month and the ongoing preparations of localities for the national elections this year have affected the Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination program. Read more »

ALAMIN: Home disinfection tips matapos magka-COVID

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 10:23 PM

Ayon sa mga eksperto, may mura at epektibong paraan para sa tamang pag-disinfect sa bahay para maiwasan ang hawahan ng COVID-19. Read more »

Ilan hati pa rin sa 'no vax, no ride' policy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 10:01 PM

Nananatiling hati ang ilan sa pagpapatupad ng "No vaccine, no ride" policy ng Department of Transportation. Read more »

Visiting QCMC during Alert Level 3

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 06:43 PM

People take photos of themselves inside the QCMC on Saturday, the same day health authorities logged 41,4071 recoveries from COVID-19. Read more »

US suspends 44 passenger flights to China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 05:15 PM

The United States announced Friday that it was suspending 44 Chinese passenger flights from America to the Asian giant in response to restrictive moves by Beijing on US carriers under its Covid-19 protocols. Read more »

Davao region, muling nagtala ng record-breaking COVID-19 cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 05:06 PM

Sumampa na sa 7, 930 ang kabuuang aktibong kaso sa rehiyon, base sa tala ng Department of Health - Davao Region. Read more »

DOH studying eased quarantine protocols for international arrivals

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 05:01 PM

In a public briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire allayed the public's concerns should the proposal push through. Read more »

BOQ: Some 300 Pinoys arriving daily test positive for COVID

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 04:59 PM

According to BOQ deputy director Roberto Salvador Jr., some 300 out of 3,000 Filipinos arriving daily over the past week were found carriers of the virus. Read more »

Samoa, Kiribati to lock down as coronavirus lands in Pacific

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 04:44 PM

Kiribati and Samoa entered lockdowns Saturday after overseas arrivals brought Covid to the Pacific island nations that had avoided the worst of the pandemic for two years. Read more »

How misinformation left children vulnerable to Omicron

Marisha Goldhamer, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 04:31 PM

From worries that the shots were developed too quickly, to false claims that the jabs can impact future fertility, physician Wassim Ballan of Phoenix Children's Hospital said combating misinformation has become part of his job. Read more »

PH logs 30,552 more COVID cases; active cases over 280k

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 04:18 PM

This was also the 3rd straight day that fresh infections topped 30,000, ABS-CBN Data Analytics head Edson Guido said. Read more »

DOH on viral syringe incident: ‘Accidents happen’

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 05:36 PM

The DOH reminded the public that accidents could happen during vaccination, after a video showing a needle breaking during inoculation went viral. Read more »

Official: Northern Samar shouldn’t be at Alert Level 4

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 05:39 PM

Dr. Ninfa Caparroso-Kam acknowledged, though, that Northern Samar may have committed a ‘mistake’ when it submitted data on provincial isolation beds. Read more »

Ilocos Norte Gov. Manotoc tests positive for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 01:57 PM

Last January 16, Manotoc said the health department confirmed the presence of omicron variant in Ilocos Norte. Read more »

Chinese firms get OK to make generic Merck COVID pill

Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 22 11:17 AM

Several Chinese companies are now allowed to make cheap versions of Merck’s COVID pills for low-income countries, a UN-backed organization said. Read more »