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Topic: covid-pandemic

China expert: COVID 'spreading rapidly' after rules eased

China expert: COVID 'spreading rapidly' after rules eased

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 08:20 PM

Dozens of restaurants and small businesses in Beijing put up signs saying they were 'temporarily closed', without offering details. Read more »

China's capital adjusts to life with COVID after policy reversal

China's capital adjusts to life with COVID after policy reversal

Ludovic Ehret, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 09 10:44 AM

The Chinese capital showed tentative signs of a return to normal Thursday after a sudden reversal of a hardline pandemic policy that hammered China's economy. Read more »

Why are more and more girls starting puberty early?

Why are more and more girls starting puberty early?

Clare Roth, Deutsche Welle
Posted at Nov 26 07:47 AM

More children have been starting puberty abnormally early since the start of the COVID pandemic. Where does this change come from? Read more »

WHO identifying potential pandemic pathogens

WHO identifying potential pandemic pathogens

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 22 05:06 AM

The World Health Organization said on Monday it was thrashing out a new list of priority pathogens that risk sparking pandemics or outbreaks and should be kept under close observation. Read more »

COVID-19 pandemic not yet over: expert

COVID-19 pandemic not yet over: expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 09:29 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, a doctor said Monday, even as the Philippines reports fewer new case numbers. Read more »

COVID-19: 'Worst of BA.4 and BA.5 wave in PH over'

COVID-19: 'Worst of BA.4 and BA.5 wave in PH over'

Pia Gutierrez and Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 02:09 PM

'We already passed the worst of the BA5 and BA4,' Dr. Rontgene Solante said Thursday. Read more »

Small businesses optimistic on recovery

Small businesses optimistic on recovery

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 11:37 PM

Ailing small businesses in the Philippines get a shot in the arm as President Marcos Jr. renews his commitment to helping them recover from the devastating impact of the COVID pandemic. Read more »

Airlines face fresh turbulence post-pandemic

Airlines face fresh turbulence post-pandemic

Mathieu Rabechault, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 11:41 AM

Airlines are recovering from huge Covid fallout but face fresh turbulence from rocketing inflation while airports battle to cope with booming demand. Read more »

WHO says working to end COVID as global emergency

WHO says working to end COVID as global emergency

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 04:46 PM

The WHO has said that it is working to declare an end to the COVID-19 outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern. Read more »

Oxfam tells Davos: Time to tax growing billionaire club

Oxfam tells Davos: Time to tax growing billionaire club

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 10:06 AM

The Covid pandemic has created a new billionaire every 30 hours and now one million people could fall into extreme poverty at the same pace, Oxfam said Monday as the Davos summit returns. Read more »

Global military spending reaches record levels: report

Global military spending reaches record levels: report

Johannes Ledel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 04:43 AM

As tensions have increased in Europe, more NATO countries have stepped up spending. Read more »

No need for variant-specific booster jab: Moderna study

No need for variant-specific booster jab: Moderna study

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 03:22 PM

There is about the same amount of increase in immunity found between variant-specific boosters and the original formulation of the Moderna vaccine used as a third dose, according to recent studies. Read more »

England scraps compulsory self-isolation period for COVID cases

England scraps compulsory self-isolation period for COVID cases

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 22 09:57 AM

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday all pandemic legal curbs in England would end later this week, urging a shift from government intervention to personal responsibility. Read more »

PH records highest deaths in over 6 decades

PH records highest deaths in over 6 decades

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 02:01 PM

The Commission on Population reported that the recorded increase in deaths in the Philippines in 2021 is the country's highest mortality rate in 63 years, or since World War 2. Read more »

Using COVID care kits, here's how you can maximize recovery at home

Using COVID care kits, here's how you can maximize recovery at home

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 21 07:22 PM

Health Systems Specialist Dr. Albert Domingo said kits should contain items that address three areas: symptom monitoring, symptomatic relief, and infection and transmission control. Read more »

Actual COVID numbers may be higher than reports - DOH

Actual COVID numbers may be higher than reports - DOH

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 09:21 PM

While the daily tally of cases has been breaking records in recent days, this was just a fraction of the actual number of infections, according to a Health official. Read more »

Palace dismisses ‘total lockdown’ talk as ‘false’

Palace dismisses ‘total lockdown’ talk as ‘false’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 08:19 PM

An audio clip circulating on social media purporting an imminent ‘total lockdown’ is ‘false’ and ‘baseless,’ Malacañang said on Saturday. Read more »

Experts hopeful omicron can act as 'natural vaccine' to end pandemic

Experts hopeful omicron can act as 'natural vaccine' to end pandemic

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 07:31 PM

Studies say that a surge in omicron cases may grant a population collective immunity, but experts say this may be a tricky way to get herd immunity. Read more »

Generic medicines as effective as branded ones, doctors say

Generic medicines as effective as branded ones, doctors say

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 06:04 PM

Studies ensure the efficacy of 'generic' medicines, according to Dr. Maricar Limpin of the Philippine College of Physicians. Read more »

Many flights worldwide scrapped as Omicron hits Christmas weekend travel

Many flights worldwide scrapped as Omicron hits Christmas weekend travel

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 26 12:23 PM

Pilots, flight attendants and other employees have been calling in sick or having to quarantine after exposure to Covid, forcing Lufthansa, Delta, United Airlines, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines and many other short-staffed carriers to cancel flights. Read more »

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