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LGUs urged to boost contact tracing after new COVID-19 variant detected in PH

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 01:44 PM

The country’s contact tracing czar is urging local government units to strengthen their tracing efforts. Read more »

'Patient zero' of new COVID-19 variant in PH now asymptomatic: QC mayor

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 12:29 PM

MANILA - After previously showing symptoms of pneumonia, the country's first case of the new COVID-19 variant is now asymptomatic and is waiting for medical clearance, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said Saturday.  Read more »

From cathedral to vaccine center

Carl Recine, Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 11:44 AM

People receive COVID-19 vaccines inside Lichfield Cathedral, which has been turned into an emergency vaccination centre, in Lichfield, Birmingham, Britain on Friday Read more »

Pompeo pushes new claim of China covering up COVID-19 origin

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 10:12 AM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alleged Friday there were Covid-like illnesses among staff at a Chinese virology institute in autumn 2019, casting further blame on Beijing as health experts arrived in the country to probe the pandemic's origins. Read more »

NBA star Towns tests positive for COVID-19

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 09:31 AM

Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns said Friday he had tested positive for Covid-19, vowing to overcome the disease that last year claimed the life of his mother and six other family members.  Read more »

PH authorities warn sanctions vs uncooperative persons exposed to UK COVID variant patient

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 06:56 AM

Philippine health authorities warn of sanctions against persons who refuse to cooperate with efforts to trace who may have come into contact with the country's first case of the COVID-19 UK variant. Read more »

Pfizer commits to deliver vaccines to PH at fair price

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 06:50 AM

During Friday's Senate hearing, Pfizer commits to give its COVID-19 vaccine to low-income countries like the Philippines at a not-for-profit price. That's as a Philippine official says the delivery of AstraZeneca's vaccine will be delayed. Read more »

Mga fiesta mass sa Tondo at Pandacan, mas kaunti sa gitna ng pandemya

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 05:14 AM

MAYNILA - Dahil sa COVID-19 pandemic, inanunsyo ng mga pari ng Sto Niño de Tondo at Sto Niño de Pandacan Parishes sa Maynila na hindi na ganoon kadami ang mga misa ngayong weekend para hindi na rin pumunta ang mas maraming tao. Read more »

Southeast Asia: Contact tracing a COVID-19 hoax

Yvonne T. Chua, Vera Files
Posted at Jan 16 04:58 AM

The diet hoax—that eating high-alkaline foods could beat COVID-19—should have died down by now. After all, science experts and fact checkers across the globe had been quick to bust it when it came out. Read more »

Russia to reopen schools as COVID-19 case tally passes 3.5 million

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 11:35 PM

Russia will fully reopen schools across the country from next week and the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak may have passed its peak, authorities said on Friday, as the national case tally passed the 3.5 million mark. Read more »

International COVID-19 vaccine poll shows higher mistrust of Russia, China shots

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 11:27 PM

People across the world are generally likely to say yes to getting a COVID-19 vaccine, but would be more distrustful of shots made in China or Russia than those developed in Germany or the United States, an international poll showed on Friday. Read more »

DOLE urges prioritization of minimum wage earners, OFWs in COVID vaccine drive

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 11:00 PM

MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is urging the national government to include minimum wage earners among sectors that will be prioritized in the vaccination against COVID-19. Read more »

Looking at the fight against coronavirus

Nicolas Asfouri, AFP
Posted at Jan 15 10:51 PM

People on Friday visit an exhibition on China's fight against COVID-19 at a convention center that was previously a makeshift hospital for coronavirus patients in Wuhan. Read more »

Binay: Even if it arrives in PH, Sinovac vaccine can't be used without EUA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 10:46 PM

An EUA will allow a vaccine to be imported, distributed and administered in the country through a national immunization program. Read more »

Senators query PH government's preference for China vaccine after new efficacy data

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 15 10:39 PM

"There are other vaccines with a much higher efficacy at lower, if not more competitive, cost. Why are we insisting that we buy Sinovac?" Senator Franklin Drilon asked members of the government's coronavirus task force. Read more »

Overseas Filipinos with COVID-19 rise above 13,500

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 10:42 PM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday said 42 more Filipinos abroad — specifically in the Americas, Asia-Pacific Region, and Europe regions — were infected with COVID-19. Read more »

Biden chooses former FDA chief Kessler to help lead US vaccine drive

Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 10:15 PM

US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen David Kessler, the ex-head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to help lead the COVID-19 vaccine push, his transition team said on Friday. Read more »

SMEs told to coordinate with DTI for COVID-19 vaccines

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:51 PM

MANILA - Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) seeking to get COVID-19 vaccines for their employees can coordinate with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez, Jr. said Friday. Read more »

World leaders na nagpaturok ng COVID-19 vaccine nadagdagan pa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:49 PM

Nadagdagan pa ang mga heads of state na nagpabakuna laban sa COVID-19.  Read more »

Seguridad sa Washington DC ikinakasa na para sa Biden-Harris inauguration

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:44 PM

Inihahanda na ang Washington DC para sa inauguration nina Joe Biden at Kamala Harris sa isang linggo.  Read more »