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Germany 'lobbying' for exemption on PH health care deployment cap: chamber

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 01:03 PM

MANILA— Exempting Germany in the Philippines' health care worker deployment cap would benefit Filipino nurses who have already invested their own money in training to work there, an official of the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Tuesday.    Read more »

Lawyers' group says Duterte arrest threat vs COVID-19 vaccine skeptics is 'baseless'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 01:01 PM

An organization of lawyers on Tuesday dismissed as "baseless" President Rodrigo Duterte's threat of arresting those who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine.   Read more »

Robredo opens ‘vaccination express’ for riders in Manila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 01:00 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday opened a “vaccine express” for riders in Manila in a bid to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations, especially for essential workers in the country's virus epicenter.  Read more »

DepEd office sa Iloilo ni-lockdown; 4 kawani nagka-COVID

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 12:55 PM

PASSI CITY, Iloilo - Pansamantalang isinailalim sa 14-day lockdown ang tanggapan ng Department of Education Schools Division ng Passi City matapos maitala ang 4 na bagong kaso ng COVID-19.   Read more »

'Practice what we preach': Binay blasts officials defying face shield rules

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 12:49 PM

If the use of face shields would remain mandatory whether in outdoor or indoor spaces, officials must also adhere to these protocols, Senator Nancy Binay said Tuesday.  Read more »

Cuban COVID-19 vaccine Abdala 92 percent 'effective,' maker says

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 22 12:46 PM

Cuba's Abdala coronavirus candidate vaccine showed "efficacy" of more than 92 percent after three doses, its maker said Monday, though it did not specify whether this was measured against infection, disease, or death.   Read more »

Refusing vaccination not a crime, says DOJ after Duterte threat

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 22 01:02 PM

There is no law that requires vaccination, said Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte warned the public that those who refuse to be inoculated faced arrests.  Read more »

DOLE seeks 7-day quarantine for vaccinated OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 11:36 AM

The Department of Labor and Employment will ask the Inter-Agency Task Force on the government’s COVID-19 response to reduce the number of quarantine days of vaccinated returning overseas Filipino workers. Read more »

Philippine Airlines offers lower cost for RT-PCR test

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 11:35 AM

Philippine Airlines said COVID-19 RT-PCR tests in its partner facilities is now just P2,599 starting June 21.  Read more »

Iloilo mayor slams 'disproportionate' COVID-19 vaccine distribution

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 11:26 AM

Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas on Tuesday decried the unequal distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in the country, as the city battles a surge in coronavirus infections.  Read more »

COVID-19 Delta variant can spread through 'fleeting' contact: health expert

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 22 10:48 AM

The Delta variant of the causative virus of COVID-19 is "very dangerous" as it can spread with just "fleeting contact," a health expert warned Tuesday as he insisted it is not the time to do away with face shields. Read more »

Colombia death toll from COVID-19 tops 100,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 22 10:06 AM

Colombia's death toll from COVID-19 passed the 100,000-mark on Monday with a new 24-hour record of almost 650 deaths, the health ministry said.  Read more »

Walk-in policy sa mga vaccination site sa Maynila ibinalik

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 09:00 AM

Tinawag ni Manila Mayor Isko Moreno na palpak ang no walk-in rule.  Read more »

Indonesia’s dilemma as COVID-19 cases soar

Bay Ismoyo, AFP
Posted at Jun 22 08:55 AM

This aerial picture shows a funeral taking place at a cemetery for Covid-19 coronavirus victims in Jakarta on Monday. Read more »

Metro Manila can achieve population protection by November: MMDA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 22 10:15 AM

MANILA - Metro Manila can achieve population protection by November, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Tuesday as local governments ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations.  Read more »

Complete COVID-19 vaccination prevents variant infection: expert panel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 07:29 AM

The Delta and Beta COVID-19 variants have a higher possibility of escaping immunization from coronavirus vaccines, said says the head of the national vaccine expert panel. Read more »

Italy says face masks no longer mandatory outdoors from June 28

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 22 07:28 AM

ROME - Facemasks will no longer be compulsory outdoors in Italy, one of the countries in Europe worst hit by the coronavirus, from June 28, the health ministry said Monday. Read more »

China port backlog will take weeks to clear, Maersk says

Beiyi Seow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 22 07:23 AM

A backlog at China's largest container terminal caused by a COVID-19 outbreak among port workers will take several weeks to clear, the world's biggest shipping firm said Monday.   Read more »

WHO to discuss Olympics COVID-19 risks with Japan, IOC

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 07:21 AM

The head of WHO's emergencies program, noted that infection rates in Japan have been falling, and said they compared favorably to other countries that were hosting large scale events. Read more »

Poor sleep history linked with more severe COVID-19

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 07:07 AM

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Read more »