A public narrative persists in suggesting the current outbreak is linked to Africa or Nigeria. That builds on an existing stigma, although the virus has been detected without a clear link to Africa.
(Reuters) — Twelve people, including eight children, were killed early on Wednesday when flames swept through a public housing apartment building in Philadelphia in one of the city s worst such
Wearing personal protective equipment funeral officers carry out burials at the Rorotan Public Cemetery, North Jakarta, on June 25, 2021. (Dasril Roszandi - Anadolu Agency) GENEVA - More than 3.3 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19 this year - more deaths than from HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), malaria and tuberculosis combined in 2020, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said the novel coronavirus continues to claim around 50,000 lives worldwide every week, but he told journalists that "2022 should be the year we end the pandemic" with the tools the world has at its disposal. Tedros was speaking at the first hybrid press conference held by the WHO for journalists from the United Nations in Geneva and the first such meeting since July 2020 that Anadolu Agency facilitated. "The last time we hosted you, in July last year, none of us could have imagined that almost 18 months later, we would
NCRPO chief, Maj. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Wednesday touted its accomplishments in its war against crime and ongoing efforts to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Citing the latest data, NCRPO Chief, Maj. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. said the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division reported 97,208 crime incidents recorded from Nov. 10, 2020 to Dec. 5, 2021, which marks a 15-percent drop from the 114,787 crime incidents logged from Oct. 15, 2019 to Nov. 9, 2020. Meanwhile, the Regional Operations Division said 1,079.69 grams of shabu and 802.47 grams of marijuana, with a total estimated street value of PHP7.4 million, were seized in operations from November 29 to December 3 this year, where 305 drug suspects were also arrested. Over the same period, 10 loose firearms were seized while 11 suspects were arrested for illegal possession of firearms. Also from November 29 to December 3,