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Bed capacity sa mga ospital pinadadagdagan dahil sa banta ng Delta variant

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 16 09:02 AM

Sinabi ng Health Department na hindi nawawala ang posibilidad na makapasok sa Pilipinas ang Delta variant. Read more »

Pfizer-BioNTech to seek authorization for 3rd COVID-19 shot: statement

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 09 09:54 AM

Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday they would seek regulatory authorization for a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »

Vaccines rushed to Sydney as outbreak spirals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 08 03:36 PM

Australia's prime minister announced 300,000 coronavirus vaccine doses will be rushed to Sydney Thursday, as the country's largest city struggled to bring a Delta outbreak under control.   Read more »

Johnson and Johnson says COVID-19 vaccine effectively combats Delta variant

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 02:48 PM

Johnson and Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the highly contagious Delta variant, with an immune response lasting at least 8 months, the company said Thursday. Read more »

Indonesia to impose 'emergency' curbs to battle virus surge

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 01 04:21 PM

Indonesia will impose "emergency" coronavirus restrictions this week to battle an alarming surge in infections, President Joko Widodo said Thursday, as the country scrambles to avoid a collapse of its overwhelmed health-care system. Read more »

France likely to have fourth wave of COVID-19: gov't adviser

Reuters
Posted at Jun 30 03:32 PM

France is likely to have a fourth wave of the COVID-19 virus, due to a resurgence of cases caused by the Delta variant first found in India, said the French government's leading scientific adviser Professor Jean-François Delfraissy. Read more »

Indonesia's COVID-19 situation nears 'catastrophe' - Red Cross

Reuters
Updated as of Jun 29 06:10 PM

Indonesia's COVID-19 surge is on the edge of a "catastrophe" as the more infectious Delta variant dominates transmission and chokes hospitals in Southeast Asia's worst epidemic, the Red Cross said Tuesday. Read more »

3 Australian cities lock down in fight against Delta COVID-19 variant

Renju Jose, Reuters
Posted at Jun 29 01:25 PM

Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), reported a slight rise in locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, while officials tightened curbs to contain flare-ups of the highly infectious Delta variant in several other regions. Read more »

DepEd to consult DOH, IATF on school reopening as new COVID-19 variant emerges

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 02:19 PM

The Department of Education said Tuesday it would consult with the Department of Health and Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases on the possible resumption of in-person classes. Read more »

Delta variant doubles risk of COVID-19 hospitalization - study

Reuters
Posted at Jun 15 12:22 AM

LONDON - The Delta coronavirus variant doubles the risk of hospitalization compared with the previously dominant variant in Britain, but two doses of vaccine still provide strong protection, a Scottish study found on Monday. Read more »

Coronavirus variants can evade antibodies by spreading via supercells – new research

The Conversation/Reuters
Posted at Jun 10 08:35 PM

The antibodies we create after we’re infected with a virus or vaccinated against it can be very powerful.  Read more »

Infectious disease doc: COVID variant found in India could be more transmissible

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 09:19 AM

The WHO has tagged the mutation discovered in India as being of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it transmits more easily.   Read more »

Novavax delays COVID vaccine authorization request

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 11 02:12 PM

WASHINGTON - US biotech firm Novavax on Monday said it had delayed plans to seek authorization for its COVID vaccine candidate, a setback for developing countries hoping the injection would soon be available. Read more »

First patients in HK with COVID-19 variants arrested over providing misleading info

Kanis Leung and Christy Leung, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 08 09:09 PM

Hong Kong’s first two patients found locally with Covid-19 variants were arrested on Saturday over providing misleading information to authorities for contact tracing, the South China Morning Post has learned.   Read more »

PH genome testing capacity still limited amid presence of COVID-19 variants- DOH

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 02:40 PM

In a public briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the health department only runs an average of 750 samples per week to detect the presence of virus variants.  Read more »

DOH rectifies data: 5 travelers from India tested positive for COVID-19

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 11:15 AM

The Department of Health on Thursday clarified that only 5, not 6 travelers, from India tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »

Japan universities develop speedier analysis of coronavirus mutations

Kyodo News
Updated as of Apr 29 02:09 PM

Osaka University and Hokkaido University in Japan have developed a system capable of analyzing genetic mutations of the novel coronavirus much quicker than conventional methods. Read more »

Pinoy inilarawan ang kalunos-lunos na sitwasyon sa India dahil sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 06:33 PM

Malubha kung ilarawan ng isang Pinoy sa India ang sitwasyon doon. Kuwento ni Victoria Singh na taga-New Delhi, ubos na ang mga kama at oxygen tank sa mga ospital. Sa dami ng namamatay kada araw, patong-patong na ang mga labi na nakapila sa mga crematorium. Read more »

2 OFW sa India nasawi sa COVID-19; travel ban ipinatupad ng Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 28 02:02 PM

Dalawang OFW na ang namatay sa India dahil sa COVID-19 sa gitna ng dumaraming kaso ng sakit doon. Read more »

Travel ban sa mga galing India pinag-aaralan dahil sa bagong COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 08:58 PM

Nitong Lunes, nasa higit 350,000 ang inulat na nagpositibo sa COVID-19 sa India. Read more »