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DOH appeal to Filipino Catholics on Sto. Niño feast: Stay home

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 07:36 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday called on Filipino Catholics to mark the Feast of the Sto. Niño at home as churches across the country prepared for the religious event while authorities were wary of a repeat of mass crowding seen at the recent Black Nazarene feast.  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 »

After the outbreak, asymptomatic COVID-19 cases lurked in Wuhan - study

Holly Chik, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 08 12:58 PM

Researchers said blood samples indicate that at least two-thirds of people with the virus in the city showed no signs of it. People with these infections "may have had weaker strains." Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 6, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 11:51 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Back to the cycle

Mladen Antonov, AFP
Posted at Jan 06 01:19 PM

The Thai government imposed further restrictions due to the fresh outbreaks of the coronavirus being experienced around the world.  Read more »

Lalaki patay, higit 30 naospital sa Davao Occidental dahil sa diarrhea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 06:45 PM

Isa ang patay habang higit 30 ang na-ospital sa Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental matapos magsuka at mag-diarrhea. Read more »

Coronavirus reaches end of earth as first outbreak hits Antarctica

Natalia A. Ramos Miranda, Reuters
Posted at Dec 23 05:15 AM

SANTIAGO - The coronavirus has landed in Antarctica, the last continent previously free from COVID-19, Chile's military said this week, as health and army officials scrambled to clear out and quarantine staff from a remote research station surrounded by ocean and icebergs. Read more »

Thai PM blames migrant workers for market coronavirus outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 02:33 AM

SAMUT SAKHON - Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha on Monday blamed a coronavirus outbreak linked to the kingdom's largest seafood market on low-paid migrant workers employed in the country's lucrative shrimp industry. Read more »

Family who survived Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak demands truth over govt’s slow actions

Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 16 12:30 PM

Three generations of Cheng Pan’s family were caught up in the coronavirus in Wuhan, with his newborn child separated from his wife straight after he was born. Now, their biggest wish – apart from their safety – is the truth be told over the government’s actions, to avoid similar mistakes being made in the future. Read more »

Dutch cull 190,000 chickens after bird flu outbreaks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 15 05:33 AM

THE HAGUE - Dutch authorities have culled some 190,000 chickens after a highly-contagious strain of bird flu broke out at at least two poultry farms, the agriculture ministry said Sunday. Read more »

DOH: No recorded brucellosis case in PH yet, but gov’t monitoring disease

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 08:29 PM

The DOH Friday assured the public there are no recorded cases of brucellosis in the Philippines yet, following reports of the bacterial disease’s outbreak in northwest China.  Read more »

Over 6,000 people in China have tested positive for brucellosis—should we be worried?

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Nov 06 04:46 PM

The infection was caused by the leakage of bacteria-containing aerosols in a Brucella vaccine factory  Read more »

How thousands in China got infected by brucellosis in one single outbreak

Reuters
Posted at Nov 06 02:09 PM

Brucellosis, a bacterial disease with flu-like symptoms, has infected more than 6,000 people in a single outbreak in northwestern China.  Read more »

Over 6,000 people in China's Lanzhou test positive for brucellosis, say state media

Reuters
Posted at Nov 05 08:50 PM

Humans get brucellosis with flu-like symptoms through direct contact with infected animals, by eating or drinking contaminated animal products, or by inhaling airborne agents, according to the World Health Organization. Some symptoms can become chronic and never go away. Read more »

Japan's Kagawa prefecture to cull 330,000 chickens after bird flu outbreak

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 05 10:58 AM

Japan's Kagawa prefecture will cull 330,000 chickens at a farm after the country's first bird flu outbreak in poultry in more than two years, government officials said on Thursday. Read more »

Fabella Hospital resumes patient admission amid COVID-19 outbreak

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 10:33 PM

The Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital announced Thursday that it has reopened for admission. This, despite several close contacts of previous cases testing positive for COVID-19. Read more »

Nickel hits near one-year high fuelled by Philippine mine closure

Mai Nguyen, Reuters
Posted at Oct 28 04:39 PM

Nickel prices jumped to their highest level in nearly one year on Wednesday on supply worries after the top nickel ore producer in the Philippines suspended operations at a mine following a coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

DOH to investigate surge in COVID-19 cases in Benguet mine sites

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 03:07 PM

The Philippine government will be looking into how health standards are being implemented in mine sites after at least two companies were forced to halt operations due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.   Read more »

Paalala ng DOH: Pabakunahan mga anak vs tigdas kahit may pandemya

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 12:23 PM

Ayon sa datos ng DOH, 2.4 milyong kabataan ang maituturing "vulnerable" na magkaroon ng tigdas.  Read more »

S.Korea culls 1,500 pigs after new cases of African swine fever - report

Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 03:13 PM

For the first time in a year, South Korea found new cases of African swine fever on a farm this week, forcing authorities to cull at least 1,500 pigs, the Yonhap news agency said.  Read more »