China and France are expected to eye further economic cooperation in fields such as aviation, nuclear power and new energy, and will inject more certainty into global economic recovery through enhancing the China-EU relationship, experts said amid the ongoing visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to China.
A Facebook post shared in Kenya claims to show footage of high-rise towers collapsing during the Turkey-Syria earthquake. However, the video is old and unrelated. While the 7.8-magnitude earthquake caused massive devastation, collapsing buildings and killing thousands of people, the video shows controlled demolition.
Dr. Jose Martin M. Evangelista, chief of City Health Office - Pediatric Section of Kidapawan. (Photo courtesy of Kidapawan CIO) COTABATO CITY - A health official in Kidapawan City has raised the alarm over the highly contagious Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) after 48 cases were recorded in the area last month alone. "In 2022, we only monitored about 21 cases but in January alone this year, there were 48 cases in the city's 40 villages," Dr. Jose Martin M. Evangelista, chief of the Kidapawan Health Office - Pediatric Section, said in a statement Thursday. "This could be under-reported, and we expect the number to rise when all cases are reported," he added. Evangelista said he noticed that most parents whose children have confirmed to have the virus were unaware of it. "There could be more cases because we believed parents were not aware that HFMD has affected their children," he said, adding that the virus usually hit children 5-year-old and below