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Coronavirus infecting people via mail? Show evidence

Josephine Ma, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 19 06:49 AM

Most scientists agree there is a very slim chance of infection from contaminated surfaces. Read more »

Breakthrough infections raise health, death risk: study

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 22 01:58 PM

At six months after infection, after taking their risk factors into account, people with breakthrough infections had lower rates of death and long-term lingering health problems than COVID-19 patients who had not been vaccinated. Read more »

India worried about complacency over second COVID dose

Krishna N. Das, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 14 07:49 AM

India has administered more than 744 million vaccine doses, with 60% of its 944 million adults getting a first shot. Read more »

Prior COVID-19 infection reduces infection risk for 10 months, says study

Alistair Smout, Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 06:55 AM

Home residents who had been previously infected with COVID-19 were approximately 85% less likely to be infected between October and February than those who had not been infected. Read more »

Regeneron says antibody injection drastically reduced COVID infection

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 04:49 AM

No one who received the treatment was hospitalized or had to go to an emergency room for COVID-19, while four who received the placebo did. Read more »

Gobernador ng Nueva Vizcaya positibo sa COVID-19, bokal pumanaw sa sakit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 04:24 PM

Nagpapagaling ngayon sa ospital ang ilang opisyal ng lalawigan ng Nueva Vizcaya kabilang ang gobernador at bise gobernador nito matapos na magpositibo sa COVID-19. Pumanaw naman ang isang bokal dahil sa sakit.  Read more »

Woman in US dies after receiving donated lungs infected with COVID-19: report

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 05:47 PM

A woman from the United States died in what appears to be the first case of donor-to-recipient transmission of the SARS-CoV-2, according to a report quoting a study published this month. Read more »

Bulgarian Prime Minister has 'general malaise' after testing positive for coronavirus

Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 12:30 PM

The government press office said Prime Minister Boyko Borissov was able to carry out his duties and was in constant contact with his ministers as the Balkan country grapples with a spike in new coronavirus infections. Read more »

10 doctors in Silay City under isolation for possible COVID-19 exposure

Yasmin Dormido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 05:26 PM

Ten pediatric doctors at the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City in Negros Occidental have been placed on isolation after possible exposure to a colleague who was found positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

Oxford University is developing a coronavirus vaccine, and the results look promising

ANCX
Posted at Jul 22 09:17 AM

They’re still in the testing phase, but tests subjects of the vaccine have shown strong immune responses. By JAM PASCUAL Read more »

Border ng Iloilo City isasara dahil sa pagtaas ng kaso ng COVID-19

Cherry Palma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 06:12 PM

Isasara ng Iloilo City ang border nito simula Miyerkoles, Hunyo 22, 2020 sa mga taong mula sa Bacolod City Negros Occidental at Negros Oriental dahil sa patuloy na pagtaas ng bilang ng kaso ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sa lungsod.  Read more »

Experts say you can get infected with COVID through the eyes. Can goggles really help?

ANCX
Updated as of Jul 21 09:58 AM

A study by doctors from the University of Hong Kong highlights that the eyes may be an important route of the novel coronavirus infection. By RHIA GRANA Read more »