CHINA RISKS ISOLATION IN QUEST FOR VIRUS ORIGIN, BIDEN AIDE SAYS China will risk international isolation if it fails to allow a “real” investigation on its territory into the origins of the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake
LIKE THE 'EXCELSIOR PASS': PHILIPPINES EYES DIGITAL PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION MANILA - The Philippine government is working on a common digital ID that would serve as proof of an individual's vaccination against COVID-19, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Monday.
ACTIVE COVID CASES FALLING IN 90% DISTRICTS ACROSS INDIA While more than 50,000 new cases of coronavirus infections are still being detected across the country every day, almost 90 per cent of the over 650 districts for which data are available, are now in a phase of steady decl
UNGA RESOLUTION ON MYANMAR: INDIA ABSTAINS FROM VOTING India has abstained on a UN General Assembly resolution on Myanmar, saying its views have not been reflected in the draft resolution and a “consultative and constructive” approach involving Myanmar’s neighb
ROMUALDEZ OPEN TO TANDEM WITH SARA MANILA — With an endorsement from President Duterte, House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez said he is open to running for vice president, with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as administration standard-bearer in next year’s elections
BELOW 5% POSITIVITY RATE IN 531 DISTRICTS Govt experts on Friday said there was no clear evidence yet on what levels of herd immunity in a population would be sufficient to ward off Covid-19 virus, warning people against laxity amid massive disease spread and progressive fall in
U.S. TO SPEND $ 3.2 BILLION TO DEVELOP TREATMENTS FOR COVID-19 AND POTENTIAL THREATS The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to advance the development of antiviral pills for Covid-19 and other dangerous viruses that could turn into pandemics. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the na
GORDON ON NEXT PH PRESIDENT: 'YOU CANNOT KILL THE PEOPLE' Sen. Richard Gordon gave several suggestions on who should be voted the next president in 2022, saying the next Chief Executive should be a "president that we can all be proud of."
POSSIBLE THIRD COVID WAVE UNLIKELY TO AFFECT CHILDREN, WHO-AIIMS SURVEY REVEALS A third possible wave in India by the prevailing Covid-19 virus variant is unlikely to disproportionately affect children than adults, a seroprevalence study conducted by the World Health Organisatio
1.5 MILLION MORE SINOVAC VACCINE DOSES ARRIVE IN PH MANILA - A new batch of Chinese-made Sinovac vaccines has arrived in the Philippines on Thursday. In an announcement, the National Task Force against COVID-19 said 1.5 million doses made by Chinese drug firm Sinovac Biot
