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Tokyo Olympics: Obiena eyes COVID-19 vaccination after Games

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Jun 12 11:58 PM

With the Olympics just a few weeks away, Obiena, who recently reset the Philippine outdoor record in his sport, is peaking at the right time. Read more »

G7 to provide 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses ‘to world’ by 2023

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 11 11:28 AM

The UK added that it would donate at least 100 million surplus doses within the next year, including five million beginning in the coming weeks. Read more »

Biden: Biggest vaccine donation 'supercharges' battle against coronavirus

Reuters
Updated as of Jun 11 11:29 AM

Biden cast the donation as a bold move that showed America recognized its responsibility to the world and to its own citizens. Read more »

US buying 500 million doses of Pfizer COVID vaccine for world, report US media

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 03:09 AM

The move came as the US faced pressure to do more about the global vaccine shortage, with rich countries having bought up the lion's share of early supplies. Read more »

Amid postponement talk, SEA Games must go on, says PH Olympic body head

Manolo Pedralvez
Updated as of Jun 09 08:57 AM

Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said he would want the Vietnam Games to continue later this year. Read more »

Pfizer to test COVID-19 vaccine in larger group of children below 12

Michael Erman and Ankur Banerjee, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 05:25 AM

The study will enroll up to 4,500 children at more than 90 clinical sites in the United States, Finland, Poland and Spain, the company said.   Read more »

US CDC eases travel recommendations on 61 countries; PH classified ‘Level 3’

David Shepardson, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 09 06:19 AM

The new ratings lower 61 countries to "Level 3," including France, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Spain and Italy.  Read more »

Delhi, Mumbai ease lockdown, as India COVID numbers fall

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 05 11:11 PM

At least 344,082 people in India have lost their lives to the coronavirus, which is now surging in rural areas.  Read more »

Tokyo Olympics: 50 questions with 50 days to go before Games open

Jonathan White, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 04 02:00 PM

There are more questions than answers on how Tokyo 2020, which has been delayed until 2021, will deal with the impact of COVID-19. Here are 50.   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 »

US to give 80 million COVID vaccine doses to priority nations; Philippines included

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 04 08:46 AM

Washington would prioritize countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, South and Southeast Asia, and Africa as it aims to help stave off fresh surges of infections. Read more »

Taiwanese book ‘COVID-19 vaccine tours’ to US, as island reports 585 new cases

Lawrence Chung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 04 03:54 AM

Rising demand for flights from Taiwan to the US, with travel agent saying some people are flying to take a vaccine. Read more »

‘Belittling human lives’: How pandemic pushed Olympics volunteer to quit

Rikako Maruyama and Eimi Yamamitsu, Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 03:46 AM

"I decided to resign to protect my own safety and to declare that I'm against holding the Olympics," university student Jun Hatakeyama said.  Read more »

Everest climbers struggle to return home amid Nepal COVID-19 travel curbs

Gopal Sharma, Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 08:45 AM

The Nepalese government has defended its decision to cut international flights in a bid to contain the pandemic.   Read more »

As unpredictable Tokyo Olympics looms, Japan’s sponsors struggle to adapt

Eimi Yamamitsu and Maki Shiraki, Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 05:23 AM

More than 60 Japanese companies together paid a record of more than $3 billion to sponsor the Games, an event most Japanese now want cancelled or delayed again. Read more »

100 million more workers plunged into poverty during pandemic, says UN

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 03 01:50 AM

COVID-19 "has not just been a public health crisis, it's also been an employment and human crisis", the International Labour Organization chief says. Read more »

Heads of global organizations issue joint call for vaccine equality

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 02 05:10 AM

The aim is to vaccinate at least 40 percent of the global population by the end of the year, and at least 60 percent by the end of next year, so as to enable a lasting economic recovery. Read more »

WHO approves Sinovac COVID shot in second Chinese milestone

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 02 01:43 AM

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the move, calling the vaccine safe and effective and noting its easy storage requirements make it suitable for low-income countries. Read more »

Pfizer jab less effective, still protects against Indian strain, shows study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 29 11:38 PM

People who had received two doses of Pfizer saw a three-fold reduction in their antibodies against the variant, B.1.617, according to the study, but were still protected. Read more »

Vietnam discovers new hybrid virus variant, say state media

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 29 08:21 PM

The health minister did not specify the number of cases recorded with this new variant, but said Vietnam will soon announce the discovery in the world's map of genetic strains. Read more »