Moscow’s Covid-19 cases surged by 51,853 this week, having reached a record high since the start of the pandemic, according to TASS estimates based on the anti-coronavirus crisis center’s data. Last week, some 36,710 people were infected in the Russian capital. Russia recorded a total of 108,139 Covid-19 weekly cases versus 82,250 in the previous…
This city has registered a recovery rate from coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) of 89 percent as of Friday as 50 additional recoveries were recorded. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Saturday said Zamboanga City registered total recoveries of 9,959 out of the 11,222 confirmed cases of Covid-19. Of the 9,959 recoveries, 8,943 are community related and…
Brazil reached a grim milestone of half a million Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, the heath minister announced. Marcelo Queiroga said on Twitter that he “works tirelessly to vaccinate all Brazilians in the shortest time possible”. He also expressed solidarity with the families. Another government official, Communications Minister Fabio Faria, lashed out at the press, criticizing…
Acting city health officer Dr. Lorraine Nery has relinquished her position as well as for being the vice-chairperson of the city’s Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Emergency Operation Center, mayor Oscar Moreno announced on Saturday. Moreno appointed Dr. William Bernardo, city health insurance office head, to concurrently lead the city health office in an acting capacity…
The United Kingdom has recorded more than 10,000 daily cases for the third day in a row, with a top scientist warning that the country is in the grips of a third wave. The country confirmed 10,321 new cases on Saturday, bringing the overall caseload to over 4.6 million. A further 14 deaths pushed the…
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar assured the indigenous peoples (IPs) that they would not be cast out amid the national government’s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) immunization drive. During the Cabinet Report on “The New Normal” on Friday, Andanar said President Rodrigo Duterte has a clear policy that no one will be left…
