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Tennis: Delayed Australian Open begins

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 08 10:11 AM

The Australian Open finally got under way at Melbourne Park on Monday, three weeks later than originally scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Tennis: Three people left in Australian Open quarantine

Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 09:49 AM

All but three of the Australian Open cohort of more than 1,000 players, coaches and officials have been cleared from quarantine in Melbourne ahead of the Grand Slam. Read more »

Tennis stars eye freedom ahead of bumper week

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 28 09:05 PM

The world's top tennis stars are set to emerge from a gruelling two weeks stuck in their hotel rooms over coming days. Read more »

Tennis: Australian Open tweaks lead-in events for players in virus lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 09:59 AM

Australian Open organizers on Sunday released a revised schedule for lead-in events to the tennis Grand Slam. Read more »

Paglabas ng bahay ng mga batang nasa edad 10-14 tinutulan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 06:20 PM

Hindi pabor ang ilang pediatrician at Metro Manila mayor sa palabasin ng bahay ang mga batang nasa edad 10 hanggang 14 dahil sa patuloy na banta ng COVID-19. Read more »

Tennis: Players warm up to strict quarantine at Australian Open

Ian Ransom, Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 10:00 AM

More than 70 players and their entourage are confined to their hotel rooms for 14 days and unable to train for the Australian Open.   Read more »

Tennis: Australian Open boss says 'vast majority' of players back hard quarantine

Ian Ransom, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 19 07:38 PM

More than 70 players and their entourage are confined to their hotel rooms for 14 days and unable to train for the Feb. 8-21 Australian Open. Read more »

Mattress, McDonald's, moaning: Tennis tactics for Aussie isolation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 06:10 PM

Dozens of the world's best tennis players confined to Australian hotels for two weeks are dealing with their confinement in contrasting ways. Read more »

Tennis: Four more Australian Open participants infected with COVID-19

Ian Ransom, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 09:32 AM

Four more Australian Open participants, including one player, have been recorded with COVID-19 infections. Read more »

Tennis: Australian Open to plough ahead despite players' quarantine anger

Ian Ransom, Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 10:16 AM

The Australian Open will go ahead from Feb. 8 despite anger from players forced into hard quarantine due to positive COVID-19 cases on their charter planes. Read more »

Cebu City enforces strict COVID-19 protocols amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 01:54 PM

Following a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of Cebu City ordered police and city hall personnel to intensify actions against quarantine violators.  Read more »

Tennis: Strict quarantine awaits world's top tennis stars in Australia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 08:02 PM

Planning for this year's Australian Open has been a logistical nightmare for beleaguered organizers.    Read more »

How COVID-19 lockdowns changed attitudes to sex and relationships

Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 12 01:05 PM

While the COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental effect on many people’s sex lives, in some cases it has strengthened the emotional bond between couples. Read more »

Instant noodles a godsend for residents caught out by another China lockdown

Echo Xie, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 09 01:56 PM

The northern city of Shijiazhuang has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases, and locals have been told to stay home as the entire population of 11 million is tested. Many locals did not have a chance to get supplies before the restrictions began on Wednesday.  Read more »

Tennis: Australian Open forced to switch player quarantine hotel

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 06:30 PM

Australian Open organizers were forced to find new quarantine accommodation for players Tuesday after a hotel pulled out. Read more »

Tennis: Australian Open quarantine plan faces legal challenge

Ian Ransom, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 05:22 PM

Apartment owners on the premises of a luxury Melbourne hotel are seeking to quash plans by Australian Open organizers to use the hotel to quarantine players ahead of the Grand Slam.   Read more »

New COVID-19 virus variant a 'downside' to PH economic recovery: economist

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 30 08:18 PM

The new variant of the COVID-19 virus is posing a downside risk for the Philippines' economic recovery, an economist said Wednesday. Read more »

‘We are indebted’: Duterte lauds doctors in PH fight vs COVID-19, new strain

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 11:48 PM

Duterte thanked the medical experts who joined him and the task force at the Malacañang briefing to help clarify issues surrounding the B.1.1.7 variant found in the UK. Read more »

New lockdowns ‘not sustainable,’ if new COVID strain found in PH, say experts

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 04:32 AM

The recommendations by medical practitioners present during the televised briefing ran counter to the government task force’s suggestions, which lobbied for harsher measures, including, should the situation warrant, a lockdown.    Read more »

New quarantine rules for domestic helpers leave HK employers scrambling for cheap hotel rooms

Rachel Yeo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 20 03:35 PM

Unwilling to pay peak prices for hotel rooms, some employers delay arrival of foreign helpers. Agents and employers want more affordable hotels added to designated quarantine facilities. Read more »