TOLL THE SECOND WAVE TOOK: IN ALL BUT FOUR STATES, DEATHS DOUBLED IN LAST SIX WEEKS The Covid-19 death toll in every state barring four has at least doubled in the last six weeks. In a few states, the toll has increased by close to four times.
PHILIPPINES, RUSSIA VOW TO BOOST TIES MANILA — The Philippines and Russia vowed to strengthen bilateral ties as they exchanged greetings for their respective national holidays over the weekend. Greeting the Philippines on Saturday’s 123rd Independence Day cele
BIDEN CELEBRATES ‘ENDURING FRIENDSHIP’ BETWEEN FILIPINOS, AMERICANS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY MANILA — US President Joe Biden on Independence Day extended to Filipinos the "enduring friendship" of the American people as he marked two "momentous anniversaries" between
MODI MEETS AMIT SHAH, JP NADDA AMID CABINET RESHUFFLE BUZZ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held deliberations with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda amid speculation about a reshuffle in the Union cabinet, an exercise Modi has not undertaken since formin
EU LEADERS URGE UNFETTERED PROBE INTO ORIGINS OF COVID-19 EU leaders on Thursday called for an unfettered investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, first identified in central China, amid criticism of an initial World Health Organization probe.
PHILIPPINES GETS 2.28 MILLION MORE PFIZER DOSES MANILA — The Philippines on Thursday night received 2.28 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility, marking the arrival of the biggest shipment yet of the jabs in the country.
CITING RAPID SPREAD OF DELTA VARIANT, BIDEN AND FAUCI URGE AMERICAN YOUTHS TO GET THE JAB US President Joe Biden and his Chief Advisor Dr Anthony Fauci have warned that the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus is highly infectious, which is now the dominant strain in the Unite
PH WELCOMES 1 MILLION MORE SINOVAC COVID-19 SHOTS 2.2 million Pfizer jabs set to arrive later Thursday MANILA—The Philippines early on Thursday received 1 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses from China's Sinovac Biotech, just days after the government widened its in
HEALTH MINISTRY ‘GAGS’ STATES ON VAX STOCKS, STORAGE DATA A Union health ministry letter to all states and UTs warning that data on vaccine stocks and temperature at all levels of vaccine storage is “owned” by the ministry and should not be shared without
‘UNPLANNED VACCINATION CAN PROMOTE MUTANT COVID STRAINS’ A group of public health experts, including doctors from AIIMS and members from the national taskforce on Covid-19, have said that mass, indiscriminate and incomplete vaccination can trigger emergence of mutant
