Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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Tag: Omicron

PH improves in Bloomberg COVID resilience ranking

The Philippines, which has logged 2.8 million infections and 50,981 deaths as of Thursday, is no longer a cellar-dweller in the latest Bloomberg COVID-19...

China locks down 13M people to stem tiny outbreak

China shut down a city of 13 million people on Thursday in a bid to extinguish a tiny COVID-19 outbreak and chase its zero-case...

Moderna rolls out preliminary booster data, updated strategy vs. Omicron

Moderna on Tuesday said its booster candidates at 50 mg and 100 mg increase antibody levels against the Omicron variant by 37-fold and 83-fold,...

HK adds Britain to gov’t camp quarantine tier

Travelers to Hong Kong from Britain will have to initially quarantine in a government camp from Tuesday, joining 12 African nations and the United...

Bank of England raises rate to fight runaway prices in a surprise move

London—The Bank of England on Thursday lifted interest rates to 0.25 percent to combat decade-high inflation, in a “finely balanced” decision due to mounting...

DOH spots different strain

The Department of Health on Saturday said it has detected a different COVID-19 variant—the B.1.1.203—in a traveler who arrived from South Africa last month...

Back to school

Today more than 2,000 basic education students in 28 schools in the National Capital Region will attend face-to-face classes. It’s an offshoot of the sustained...

Amid Omicron fears, Rio cancels New Year festivities

Rio de Janeiro has decided “with sadness” to cancel its huge New Year’s celebration amid rising concerns over the spread of the new COVID-19...

DILG: Political rallies still banned

Political candidates and their supporters have been reminded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government to avoid conducting rallies before the official...

Unwarranted panic

"It will do more harm than good."   The global community is panicking in a knee-jerk reaction to the emergence of Omicron, the latest variant of...

Panic is the last thing we need

"Let’s do the wise thing."   Not quite a few of us would like to believe that the COVID-19 pandemic will soon be over as we...

WHO: Travel ban won’t help

The World Health Organization has warned blanket travel bans will not prevent the spread of Omicron, as more countries rushed to impose curbs and...

Strain present in The Netherlands first: Omicron in Europe before South Africa

The Omicron coronavirus variant was present in Europe before the first cases were reported in South Africa, new data from the Netherlands showed Tuesday,...

WHO: Keep calm amid Omicron

The World Health Organization called Tuesday for countries to keep calm and take "rational" measures in response to the new, fast-spreading COVID-19 variant Omicron,...
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