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'I am alive again': Vaccinated South Korean grannies enjoy a splash

Hyun Young Yi and Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 06:23 PM

SEOUL - Senior residents of a district in South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday enjoyed "aqua aerobics" - arm lifts and jogging in the water - as the local district government reopened public pools following the country's ramped-up vaccination drive. Read more »

More than 5 million COVID-19 cases in Africa, Agence tally shows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 11:13 PM

Africa is now the only region where the COVID-19 pandemic is still on the rise, with a weekly increase of 30 percent, and it is at risk of a third wave of the disease.   Read more »

South Africa extends nightly curfew as COVID cases surge

Reuters
Posted at May 31 06:38 AM

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has extended its nightly curfew and limited the number of people at gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19 as positive cases surge, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. Read more »

Community transmission of variants in NCR Plus? No official word yet from WHO, says DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 04:42 PM

The Department of Health said Friday it was yet to receive an official statement from the World Health Organization regarding the community transmission of COVID-19 variants in the country. Read more »

Miss South Africa pageant opens to transgender entrants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 05:00 AM

The historic move was widely and excitedly embraced on social media. "We all deserve favor and grace," a young male user tweeted. Read more »

‘I’m still trying to understand’: Miss South Africa in tears as non-placement breaks country’s 3-year streak

Miguel Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 02:34 AM

A tearful Miss South Africa opened up on Friday about her heartbreak of not placing in Miss Universe early this week, snapping the three-year streak of her home country which has been an emerging as a pageant powerhouse. Read more »

S. Africa picks up first cases of coronavirus variant from India

Reuters
Posted at May 09 09:28 AM

South Africa's health ministry said on Saturday it had detected the first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that emerged in India and was responsible for a surge of infections and deaths in the Asian country.   Read more »

DOH nilinaw na 5 traveler lang mula India ang positibo sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 07:19 PM

Nilinaw ng Department of Health ang bilang ng mga traveler mula India na nagpositibo sa COVID-19. Read more »

Nearly half of COVID-19 samples from Metro Manila linked to foreign variants: expert

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 12:56 PM

Nearly half of sequenced COVID-19 samples from Metro Manila are foreign variants of the virus, a member of the Philippines' vaccine expert panel said Thursday.   Read more »

Malawi president fires minister over COVID-19 funds

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 19 08:46 AM

LILONGWE, Malawi - Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday fired Labor Minister Ken Kandodo for diverting $800 worth of Covid-19 funds to pay for a government trip, part of a wider embezzlement scandal. Read more »

Philippines, Brazil, Mexico among those due to get Pfizer shots from COVAX in Q2

Reuters
Posted at Apr 12 10:41 PM

GENEVA - Some 14.1 million doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been allocated to 47 countries and economies for delivery in the second quarter of this year, the Gavi Vaccine Alliance said on Monday. Read more »

South African variant may 'break through' Pfizer jab, but vaccine highly effective: Israeli study

Maayan Lubell, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 19 06:56 AM

JERUSALEM (UPDATE) - The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can break through the protection provided by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found. However, the variant's prevalence in Israel is very low and the vaccine remains highly effective. Read more »

South Africa sells AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to other African countries

Reuters
Posted at Mar 22 06:53 AM

South Africa has concluded the sale of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines it had acquired but did not use to other African Union (AU) member states, the health ministry said on Sunday.   Read more »

DOH: Majority of P.3 variant cases came from Region 7

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 10:23 AM

Majority of coronavirus cases of the P.3 variant first detected in the Philippines were discovered in Central Visayas, a health official said Thursday. Read more »

Virus variants found to be deadlier, more contagious; some may thwart vaccines

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 07:02 AM

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.   Read more »

Novavax COVID vaccine highly effective against severe disease: company

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 14 12:53 PM

US biotech firm Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be 100 percent protective against severe cases of the disease, including hospitalization and death, the company said Thursday following trials.   Read more »

Mandaluyong COVID-19 cases double in 1 week, 2 infected with UK, S. African variants recover

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 07:45 AM

Coronavirus infections in Mandaluyong have doubled in one week, Mayor Menchie Abalos said Wednesday, with 2 patients diagnosed with the South African and UK COVID-19 variants already recovering from the illness.  Read more »

PH may 52 dagdag-kaso ng S. African variant ng COVID-19, 42 kaso ng 'mutations'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 08:20 PM

Naitala ngayong Biyernes ang 52 dagdag na kaso ng COVID-19 South African variant, ayon kay Health chief Francisco Duque III. Read more »

South Africa COVID-19 strain 'offers immunity against other variants'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 11:59 PM

JOHANNESBURG - A new study has shown that people previously infected by the COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa have better immunity against other coronavirus mutations, experts said Wednesday.    Read more »

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may be ‘ineffective’ if PH fails to contain South African variant: expert

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 03 08:06 PM

Some 17 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that the Philippines have procured may become ineffective if the Philippines fail to contain the more contagious coronavirus variant that was first detected in South Africa, a group of experts warned Wednesday. Read more »