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WHO says COVID still an international emergency

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 30 06:59 PM

COVID-19 remains an international crisis, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Read more »

S. Korea eases indoor mask mandate

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 30 11:53 AM

South Korea on Monday lifted most of its mandatory rules for the wearing of masks indoors after more than 2 years. Read more »

China resumes visa issuance to Japanese citizens

Kyodo News
Updated as of Jan 29 08:06 PM

China said Sunday it will resume issuing visas for Japanese citizens, a procedure it suspended in early January in protest of Japan's tightened COVID-19 measures for travelers from China. Read more »

WHO discusses end of COVID-19 emergency status

Deutsche Welle
Updated as of Jan 28 10:09 PM

The World Health Organization began discussions on lowering the level of alert about the coronavirus. Read more »

Eksperto naniniwalang nawala na ang pagiging 'emergency' ng COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 08:55 PM

Naniniwala ang isang eksperto na nawala na ang mga katangian para maituring na 'emergency' ang COVID-19. Read more »

Japan to downgrade COVID-19 category on May 8: sources

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 27 11:02 AM

Japan plans to reclassify the novel coronavirus to the same category as common infectious diseases such as seasonal influenz, government sources said. Read more »

N. Korea locks down capital over 'respiratory illness'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 01:49 PM

North Korea has ordered a 5-day lockdown in the capital over 'respiratory illness', a report said. Read more »

WHO chief 'very concerned' about rising global COVID deaths

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 12:41 PM

The World Health Organization is very concerned over the increasing number of global COVID-19 deaths. Read more »

The impossible task of calculating global pandemic deaths

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Jan 24 11:40 AM

WHO calculations of excess deaths during the pandemic highlight a lack of proper death surveillance in half the world. Read more »

'Not afraid of the virus': Wuhan turns page on COVID, 3 years on

Sébastien Ricci and Vivian Lin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 02:32 PM

Residents of China's Wuhan are hopeful for the future and no longer afraid of COVID. Read more »

PH ready once WHO lifts COVID global health emergency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 11:31 PM

The Philippine health department believes the country's COVID-19 infections have already plateaued. Read more »

'PH kayang tugunan ang COVID kahit 'di na public health emergency'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 08:50 PM

Naniniwala ang isang infectious disease expert na handa na ang Pilipinas sakaling alisin na ng World Health Organization ang deklarasyon sa COVID-19 bilang isang public health emergency. Read more »

COVID sequencing ng mga Pinoy mula China, inilabas na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 08:32 PM

Lumabas na ang resulta ng genome sequencing ng mga Pinoy galing China na nagpositibo sa COVID-19 pagdating sa bansa, pero hindi lahat ng sample ay nakitaan ng omicron sublineage. Read more »

Epekto ng XBB.1.5 subvariant patuloy na pinag-aaralan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 08:34 PM

Patuloy na pinag-aaralan ng mga eksperto kung mas malala ang epekto ng bagong XBB.1.5 subvariant ng omicron. Read more »

Angelica Panganiban tests positive for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 12:53 PM

In her social media update on Thursday, Angelica Panganiban shared on Instagram a screenshot of her in a video call with her fiancé Gregg Homan and their baby daughter. Read more »

China scraps visa-free transit for S. Koreans, Japanese over COVID curbs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 05:25 PM

Beijing said Wednesday it would scrap visa-free transit for South Korean and Japanese citizens, stepping up a diplomatic tit-for-tat. Read more »

'Total mess': COVID wave hits China's rural east

Matthew Walsh, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 01:51 PM

A whirlwind of cases in China has crammed hospitals with elderly patients and sparked a free-for-all over limited supplies of medicine. Read more »

Tokyo protests China's suspension of visa issuance to Japanese

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 11 10:58 AM

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed opposition to China's decision to suspend the issuing of visas to Japanese travelers. Read more »

Daily COVID cases posibleng mas mababa sa 1,000 sa Pebrero

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 03:48 PM

Hindi na aabot sa 1,000 ang bilang ng mga bagong kaso ng COVID-19 kada araw pagsapit ng Pebrero, sabi ngayong Martes ng Department of Health. Read more »

China suspends short-term visas for S. Koreans over COVID travel curbs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 02:18 PM

China has suspended the issuing of short-term visas to South Koreans in response to Seoul's imposition of travel restrictions on Chinese travelers. Read more »