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Next year's Olympics will be canceled if pandemic not over: Games chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 28 02:10 PM

The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be canceled if the coronavirus pandemic isn't brought under control by next year, the organizing committee's president said in comments published Tuesday.  Read more »

China raises Wuhan death toll as US plots re-opening

Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 17 01:16 PM

The Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged raised its death toll by 50 percent on Friday, revealing the ground zero of the global pandemic had been much worse hit than Beijing had previously reported. Read more »

Graduation rites postponed until lockdown ends, not cancelled: DepEd

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 04:57 PM

Graduation rites will push through after the lockdown of half of the country's population to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Education said Monday. Read more »

Veteran Filipina nurse in London dies of COVID-19

Rose Eclarinal, Europe News Bureau
Posted at Apr 13 02:40 PM

Amor Padilla Gatinao, a nurse for 19 years, succumbed to the disease on Good Friday.  Read more »

Cash aid first tranche out in 2 weeks as Luzon lockdown nears 1-month mark

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 10:21 AM

Authorities next week will complete the distribution of the first tranche of cash aid for 18 million families, the social welfare department said Monday, nearly a month into the lockdown of half of the country's population to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

Gov’t mulls how much COVID-19 patient data should be public: health dept

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 13 10:27 AM

An inter-agency task force will tackle Monday how much personal information on COVID-19 patients should be made public to slow the pandemic's spread, the health department said.  Read more »

Quezon City hospital to use container vans for COVID-19 fatalities

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 08:12 AM

A hospital in Quezon City will use container vans for preserving the remains of patients who succumbed to COVID-19 or might have been infected with the respiratory disease as its morgue ran out of space, the health department said Monday.  Read more »

Japan coronavirus cases pass 5,000 as state of emergency fails to keep people home

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Apr 09 04:32 PM

The total number of Japanese novel coronavirus infections hit at least 5,002 on Thursday, NHK public broadcaster said, showing no signs of slowing despite a state of emergency being imposed this week on Tokyo and six other areas.   Read more »

Education chief Briones has COVID-19, no symptoms

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 09 07:23 PM

Education Secretary Leonor Briones said Thursday she tested positive for COVID-19, the second member of President Rodrigo Duterte's Cabinet to catch the respiratory disease. Read more »

Rights monitor blasts humiliation of 3 LGBT curfew violators

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 02:26 PM

Authorities north of the Philippine capital "publicly humiliated" 3 members of the LGBT community who violated a curfew aimed at halting the coronavirus pandemic, a researcher for the international watchdog Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Read more »

6 stadiums, convention centers now ready to accept COVID-19 patients

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 09 02:47 PM

Six stadiums and convention centers in Metro Manila and provinces north of the capital can now accept patients with COVID-19, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority said Thursday.  Read more »

Singapore migrant workers live in fear as virus hits dorms

Sam Reeves and Catherine Lai, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 09 12:45 PM

Migrant workers in Singapore are living in fear following a surge of coronavirus infections in their dormitories where they say cramped and filthy conditions make social distancing impossible.   Read more »

Online gaming booms as virus lockdowns keep millions at home

Sean Gleeson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 25 12:15 PM

Nearly every country around the globe has reported cases of COVID-19 infection, with frantic efforts to contain the disease prompting the near total shutdown of some of the world's biggest cities. Online gaming has proved a welcome diversion for many people chafing at movement restrictions, the cancellation of countless public events and a relentless onslaught of news about the pandemic.   Read more »

Moscow ipinasundo ang 18 Russian stranded sa Palawan dahil sa COVID-19

Arlie Cabrestante, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 11:37 AM

PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Ipinasundo ng Moscow ang 18 Russian na turista na naistranded sa lalawigan na ito, matapos ilagay sa lockdown ang buong Luzon para mapigil ang pagkalat ng novel coronavirus, ayon sa mga lokal na opisyal.    Read more »

130 street dwellers, pansamantalang nanirahan sa covered court sa Maynila

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 10:58 AM

Aabot sa 130 street dwellers ang nanatili muna sa covered court ng Delpan Sports Complex, Maynila matapos masagip sa Luneta at Baywalk nitong Martes. Read more »

COVID-free Quirino frets over funds for lockdown food for the poor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 10:53 AM

Quirino province has yet to record any case of the novel coronavirus, its governor said Wednesday, as he raised concern that funds may not be enough to feed the poorest residents during the month-long quarantine of all households in Luzon. Read more »

Media groups urge China to reconsider expulsion of US journalists

Agence France-Presse 
Posted at Mar 25 10:53 AM

The publishers of the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal asked China on Tuesday to reconsider its order expelling 13 US journalists, arguing the action imperils "access to critical information" about the global virus pandemic. Read more »

Pampanga health chief, ex-doctor to the barrios, succumbs to COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 10:22 AM

MANILA - The provincial health chief of Pampanga, who also served as a doctor to far-flung barrios north of the Philippine capital, has succumbed to the novel coronavirus, his daughter said Tuesday.    Read more »

Baguio tests Huawei tech that screens potential COVID-19 cases

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 10:48 AM

Baguio City has started testing a diagnostic system by Chinese tech giant Huawei to identify "highly probable" cases of the novel coronavirus, Mayor Benjamin Magalong said Wednesday. Read more »

One third of humanity under virus lockdown

Bhuvan Bagga and Shaun Tandor, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 25 02:13 PM

India's billion-plus population went into a 3-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to stay indoors, as the coronavirus pandemic forced Japan to postpone the Olympics until next year. Read more »