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Indonesia warns COVID-19 cases may peak in July as hospitals fill

Reuters
Posted at Jun 14 09:23 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesia expects a new wave of coronavirus infections will peak in early July, as the highly transmissible delta variant becomes more dominant in some areas and with the occupancy of hospitals in Jakarta hitting 75%, officials said. Read more »

Indonesia may be on the cusp of a major COVID spike

The Conversation/Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 09:28 PM

Fifteen months after Indonesia reported its first case of COVID-19, testing for the coronavirus remains among the lowest in Asia. Read more »

Indonesia finds new COVID-19 cluster after treatment of infected Filipino ship crew

Reuters
Posted at May 24 07:41 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesia reported a new cluster of 42 coronavirus infections among medical workers who treated 13 Filipino ship crew who were sick with COVID-19, and is tracing dozens of others, a government official said on Sunday. Read more »

Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm gets WHO emergency approval

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at May 08 07:22 AM

GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China's state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm for emergency use on Friday, a boost to Beijing's push for a big role in inoculating the world. Read more »

Moderna vaccines granted EUA from Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 03:21 AM

This developed as the Russian Sputnik V vaccine is already being rolled out in several Metro Manila cities. Read more »

VP Robredo tests negative for COVID-19 after exposure to close-in security

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 09:13 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday tested negative for COVID-19 after being exposed last week to her close-in security detail who turned out positive for the disease. Read more »

VP Robredo in quarantine after exposure to close-in security detail with COVID-19

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 12:37 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo will go in quarantine after exposure to her close-in security detail who has tested positive for COVID-19, she announced on Saturday.  Read more »

J&J scientists refute claim that COVID-19 vaccine's design linked to clots

Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters
Posted at Apr 17 07:34 AM

CHICAGO - Scientists at Johnson & Johnson on Friday refuted an assertion in a major medical journal that the design of their COVID-19 vaccine, which is similar AstraZeneca's, may explain why both have been linked to very rare brain blood clots in some vaccine recipients. Read more »

WHO: AstraZeneca jab risk-benefit ‘still largely positive’

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 05:05 AM

GENEVA - The risk-benefit balance for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is "still largely positive", the World Health Organization said Tuesday after fresh claims about links to blood clots. Read more »

Global COVID-19 vaccines pass half a billion as WHO seeks jabs for poor nations

Joseph Boyle, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 27 05:43 AM

PARIS - Health officials have rolled out more than 510 million coronavirus vaccine doses around the world, but with big gaps between countries the WHO on Friday appealed to richer nations to donate vaccines to help poorer ones start inoculations. Read more »

Czech Republic's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 25,000, doubling in 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 07:55 PM

PRAGUE - The Czech Republic said on Tuesday that the total number of deaths related to COVID-19 had passed the 25,000 mark, more than doubling since the start of 2021.   Read more »

LGUs, private sector should only buy COVID-19 vaccines under tripartite agreement with nat'l gov't: Galvez

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 10:58 AM

MANILA - The Philippines' vaccine czar on Monday said local government units and the private sector should only purchase COVID-19 vaccines through under a tripartite agreement with the national government. Read more »

Benefits outweigh the risks of AstraZeneca COVID shot as review continues: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 05:44 AM

GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that it considers that the benefits of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outweigh its risks and recommends that vaccinations continue. Read more »

Duterte eyes free masks for Filipinos amid spike in COVID-19 cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 12:55 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is considering the distribution of free face masks for the public, as the Philippines registers a new surge in new COVID-19 cases.   Read more »

Philippines logs highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in nearly 6 months

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 03:38 AM

COVID-19 infections in the Philippines spike to their highest in half a year. The country's active coronavirus cases also hit a five-month high. Local experts are now studying whether a supposed Philippine COVID-19 variant is making the virus more transmissible. Read more »

Cebu City COVID-19 risk plateauing, says DOH exec

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 11 01:40 PM

Cebu City's COVID-19 risk is plateauing, an official of the Department of Health said Thursday, citing containment efforts by the local government. Read more »

DOH reminds public: Keep guards up as COVID-19 cases rise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 11 01:31 PM

In the race between COVID-19 infection and vaccination, the public must remain vigilant while waiting for the coronavirus jab, an official of the Department of Health said Thursday. Read more »

How well does AstraZeneca vaccine work? Expert reviews current evidence

The Conversation/Reuters
Posted at Mar 05 04:28 AM

When the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was first authorized by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, it was hailed as a milestone in turning the tide on the coronavirus. Read more »

Obesity a driving factor in COVID-19 deaths, global report finds

Reuters
Posted at Mar 05 01:09 AM

LONDON - The majority of global COVID-19 deaths have been in countries where many people are obese, with coronavirus fatality rates 10 times higher in nations where at least 50 percent of adults are overweight, a global study found on Thursday. Read more »

Spain coronavirus death toll tops 70,000: health ministry

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 05:06 AM

MADRID - Spain's coronavirus death toll surged past the 70,000-mark on Wednesday, health ministry figures showed, after the country in February suffered its second-worst month for virus deaths since the start of the pandemic.   Read more »