WASHINGTON — Digital or manual? Bluetooth or GPS? Centralized or decentralized? Efforts in the United States to track the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus — known as contact tracing — have become a patchwork based on differing approaches to technology and civil liberties. ADVERTISEMENT Some US governors have shunned digital tracing efforts, instead hiring […]
British leader’s aide denies 400-km trip broke virus rules
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior aid Dominic Cummings leaves his north London home, in London, Saturday May 23, 2020. The British government faced accusations of hypocrisy on Saturday after the revelation that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top adviser Cummings, traveled more than 250 miles (400 kms) to his parents’ house during a nationwide lockdown […]
Cuomo lifts ban on groups; New York City beaches open
People get some fresh air at Orchard Beach in the Bronx borough of New York, Sunday, May 17, 2020. Parks, boardwalks, and beaches attracted some crowds this weekend, though city beaches aren’t officially open and won’t be for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) NEW YORK — New Yorkers experiencing cabin fever after […]
In Visayas, youth leaders help local communities better discern COVID-19
MANILA, Philippines — As misinformation and disinformation on COVID-19 spread at an alarming rate, a network of youth organizations in the Visayas region in the central Philippines has beefed up efforts to help local communities better understand the escalating pandemic. Young leaders of the Visayan Youth Matters group in Cebu province have launched “EdukAKSYON Kontra […]
Ramadan rule-breakers: Indonesians try to beat Eid exodus ban
Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims crowd a shopping area to purchase new clothes, a custom ahead of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Bekasi, West Java, on May 22, 2020, by ignoring government recommendation to conduct a social distancing amid concern to the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by REZAS […]
Brazil surges to second in coronavirus cases worldwide
Aerial view of an area at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery where new graves have been dug in Manaus, Brazil, on May 22, 2020 amid the novel Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. – Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, has surpassed 20,000 deaths, according to Brazil’s Ministry of Health (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS […]
China reports no new virus cases for the first time
People wearing protective face mask walk under their umbrellas as it rains in Shenzhen in China’s southern Guangdong province on May 22, 2020, as the nation moves slowly into normality following the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP) BEIJING — China on Saturday reported zero new coronavirus infections for the first […]
US sees 1,260 coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours — Johns Hopkins
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 22: Signs directing traffic flow are displayed in Bryant Park during the coronavirus pandemic on May 22, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 339,000 lives with over 5.2 million infections reported. Cindy Ord/Getty Images/AFP WASHINGTON — The United States […]
‘Overpriced’ virus tests: Duterte wants answers
President Rodrigo Duterte wants an investigation of the allegedly overpriced COVID-19 tests to be paid by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), which a Senate inquiry had uncovered. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Mr. Duterte was “bothered” by the price difference between the testing costs cited by PhilHealth and the private sector. ADVERTISEMENT The alleged […]
Galvez: Spike in infected OFWs seen, may become part of 2nd wave
Carlito Galvez Jr. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA The ongoing repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may lead to a spike in new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the county and may end up in a second wave of the pandemic, the chief implementer of the ad hoc agency tasked with containing the spread of the virus […]