IATF ISSUES NEW QUARANTINE, TESTING PROTOCOLS AMID FEARS OF OMICRON VARIANT MANILA — The country’s pandemic task force has issued new protocols for arriving travelers from countries or territories not on the government’s Red List. The country issued the
WHA AGREE TO FORGE A PANDEMIC ACCORD The World Health Assembly (WHA) took the historic decision to form a global treaty to “strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response” in its session held between November 29 and December 1, 2021.
WHA AGREE TO FORGE A PANDEMIC ACCORD The World Health Assembly (WHA) took the historic decision to form a global treaty to “strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response” in its session held between November 29 and December 1, 2021.
WHO WARNS WORLD CREATING 'TOXIC' RECIPE FOR NEW VARIANTS GENEVA, Switzerland — The WHO warned Wednesday that the world was creating toxic conditions for new Covid-19 variants like Omicron to emerge and then spread around the globe.
OMICRON VARIANT SHUTS BORDERS ACROSS THE GLOBE The WHO said on Monday the Omicron coronavirus variant carried a very high risk of infection surges as more countries closed their borders and reported cases of the new strain.
BONG GO DROPS OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL RACE MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte's anointed successor Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go said on Tuesday he was withdrawing his candidacy in the 2022 elections.
PH WIDENS RED LIST, BARS TRAVEL FROM 7 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AMID OMICRON THREAT MANILA - The government body tasked with controlling the COVID-19 pandemic has banned travelers from 7 European countries, in addition to the 7 African nations it earlier placed under the travel Red Li
MORE OMICRON CASES POP UP AS WORLD RUSHES TO LEARN MORE Cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in countries on opposite sides of the world Sunday and many governments rushed to close their borders even as scientists cautioned that it's not clear if the new var
CHANNEL DEATHS FUEL U.K.- FRANCE TENSIONS The deaths of at least 27 people in the English Channel is fuelling tensions between the U.K. and France over how to stop migrants from crossing the world’s busiest waterway in small boats.
SOUTH AFRICA DETECTS NEW COVID-19 VARIANT; IMPLICATIONS NOT YET CLEAR JOHANNESBURG—South African scientists have detected a new COVID-19 variant in small numbers and are working to understand its potential implications, they said on Thursday.
