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AstraZeneca shots should be halted for over-60s - EMA official

Reuters
Posted at Jun 13 10:05 PM

Countries should avoid giving the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to people over 60, an EU official said amid worries over rare blood clotting.   Read more »

DOH nakapagtala ng 7,302 bagong COVID-19 cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 07:14 PM

Nakapagtala ngayong Linggo ang Department of Health ng 7,302 na dagdag na kaso ng COVID-19, dahilan para umabot sa 1,315,639 ang kabuuang bilang ng mga kaso sa bansa.   Read more »

Mga eksperto pabor sa pagluluwag ng quarantine restrictions sa NCR Plus

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 13 08:13 PM

Pabor ang OCTA Research Group sa pagluluwag ng quarantine restrictions sa Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna at Rizal province dahil sa pagbaba ng mga kaso ng COVID-19 sa mga lugar. Read more »

More than 5 million COVID-19 cases in Africa, Agence tally shows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 11:13 PM

Africa is now the only region where the COVID-19 pandemic is still on the rise, with a weekly increase of 30 percent, and it is at risk of a third wave of the disease.   Read more »

PH reports 8,027 new COVID-19 cases, highest in over 2 weeks

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 12 10:23 PM

MANILA— The Philippines posted 8,027 new COVID-19 cases, the highest in more than 2 weeks, pushing the country's cumulative total to over 1.3 million just as government further eased quarantine restrictions. Read more »

G7: COVID-19 recovery as top agenda

Patrick Semansky, Reuters/Pool
Posted at Jun 12 10:51 AM

The G7 summit got going in Britain with the COVID-19 pandemic recovery on top of the agenda, including a commitment to share 1 billion vaccine doses with poorer countries.  Read more »

Valenzuela City starts COVID-19 vaccinations of 50,000 workers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 12 10:56 AM

MANILA— Valenzuela City began inoculating its economic frontliners against COVID-19 on Saturday under its industry vaccination program. Read more »

China calls COVID-19 lab-leak theory 'absurd'; US urges transparency

Reuters
Posted at Jun 12 04:15 AM

WASHINGTON/BEIJING - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need for cooperation and transparency over the origins of COVID-19 in a call with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on Friday and raised other sensitive topics, including China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Read more »

Bakunahan ng A4 kontra COVID-19, dinagsa sa Quezon City

Wheng Hidalgo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 10:17 PM

Kahit umulan, dinagsa ng mga nasa A4 priority list ng gobyerno ang Quezon City Hall para sa unang araw ng COVID-19 vaccination sa siyudad.   Read more »

Drive-thru COVID vaccination sa Borongan City, umarangkada na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 09:42 PM

Ayon sa awtoridad, paraan din ito upang maiwasan ang pagkukumpol-kumpol ng mga tao na posibleng maging dahilan ng mabilis na pagkalat ng virus.   Read more »

Greenhills Shopping Center sa San Juan binigyan ng COVID-19 safety seal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 08:22 PM

Matatandaang sa nasabing mall naitala ang unang kaso ng local transmission ng COVID-19 sa bansa noong 2020.  Read more »

Health workers seek release of benefits as COVID-19 pandemic rages on

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 06:57 PM

Several health workers on Friday staged a protest calling for the health department to return and release their allowance for meals, accommodation, and transportation under the Bayanihan 2 law.   Read more »

Movie theater jabs

Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 06:21 PM

Health workers inoculate patients with the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine inside a movie theater used as a vaccination site in Manila on Friday. The Philippines has administered over 6 million COVID-19 vaccines after receiving more than 9 million doses of different vaccine brands since it started its inoculation program early March.  Read more »

Chief Justice Gesmundo to prioritize vaccination of court employees, speedy disposition of cases

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 05:42 PM

In his speech at the start of the press conference, the newly-minted top magistrate highlighted the need to take care of the Judiciary’s own employees.   Read more »

Vaccine drive on horseback

Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Reuters
Posted at Jun 11 04:54 PM

Health care workers ride horses past a makeshift shop during a COVID-19 vaccination drive at Lidderwat near scenic Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday. Read more »

PH reports 6,686 new COVID-19 cases, active cases highest in over a month

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 04:35 PM

MANILA— The Philippines on Friday reported 6,686 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases and nearly 200 more deaths, just as the government allowed more establishments to open in virus hotspot Metro Manila. Read more »

ER ng COVID-19 referral hospital sa Region 10, maximum operating capacity na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 03:17 PM

Inanunsiyo ng Northern Mindanao Medical Center na nasa maximum operating capacity ang kanilang emergency rom para sa mga COVID-19 patients. Read more »

COVID-19 bed occupancy at PGH eases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 02:56 PM

Occupancy rate at the Philippine General Hospital, the country's largest COVID-19 referral hospital, has begun to ease with nearly half of its beds are only occupied, its spokesperson said Friday. Read more »

Davao del Norte reverts to GCQ amid 'alarming' COVID-19 spike

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 12:57 PM

Davao del Norte returns to a stricter quarantine measure to address the "alarming rise" of COVID-19 infections, the provincial government has said.   Read more »

Prince Charles lauds Filipino frontliners as UK, PH mark 75 years of ties

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 12:54 PM

MANILA - Prince Charles has lauded Filipino medical frontliners in the United Kingdom for their efforts through the COVID-19 pandemic as the Philippines and the UK marked 75 years of "profoundly important" diplomatic relations.    Read more »