April, 2020
7-year-old girl is Philippines’ youngest COVID-19 fatality
April 17, 2020 · By Philstar.com for www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines — A seven-year-old child from Ilocos region has died of the new coronavirus, becoming the youngest known COVID-19 victim in the Philippines. In a bulletin dated Thursday but was only released Friday, the Department of Health reported that a girl identified as Patient 2415 was the country’s 107th fatality. The girl who had […]
Read More...DR. ROBERT GALLO EXCLUSIVE BROADCAST INTERVIEW WITH WALTER ISAACSON OF AMANPOUR & CO.
April 16, 2020 · By Global Virus Network for gvn.org
Can an Oral Polio Vaccine Help Stop COVID-19? Please see this just released Associated Press article, “Could old vaccines for other germs protect against COVID-19?” with Dr. Robert Gallo (Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine) and Dr. Konstantin Chumakov (U.S. Food and Drug Administration), both of the Global Virus Network (GVN). […]
Read More...Philippines: Investigate humiliating abuses by local officials enforcing curfew
April 16, 2020 · By Amnesty International for www.amnesty.org
The Philippine authorities should urgently investigate reports of barangay (village) officials committing abuses against people accused of violating curfews, said Amnesty International Philippines today. On 7 April, a barangay official in Mexico, Pampanga forced three LGBTQI+ people to perform humiliating acts as punishment for supposedly violating the curfew; the punishment was recorded on video and […]
Read More...Syria war: Syrian air force behind 2017 chemical attacks, OPCW finds
April 16, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
The chemical weapons watchdog has concluded that the Syrian air force carried out three attacks in March 2017 involving the nerve agent Sarin or chlorine. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said 106 people were affected by the incidents in the opposition-held village of Latamina The latest findings were the first to […]
Read More...Philippines Arrests 32 on Fake News Charges
April 16, 2020 · By Sarah Coble News Writer for www.infosecurity-magazine.com
Police in the Philippines have charged 32 people with disseminating false information regarding the COVID-19 health crisis. The Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) said that 8 of those arrested allegedly spread fake rumors about the novel coronavirus orally around their local neighborhoods. The remaining 24 suspects are accused of using social media platforms to […]
Read More...Philippines: Reduce Crowded Jails to Stop COVID-19
April 16, 2020 · By Human Rights Watch for www.hrw.org
(Manila) – Philippine authorities, to stem the COVID-19 outbreak, should release from the country’s overcrowded jails and prisons inmates who have been detained or convicted for low-level and non-violent offenses, Human Rights Watch said today. They should also consider releasing older prisoners and those with underlying medical conditions who would be at greater risk if they became infected. The Philippines […]
Read More...Child Rapists Indicted in Court
April 15, 2020 ·
Child Rapists Indicted in Court After more than a year of keeping her ordeal to herself, Maria (not her real name) can now finally tell her story when two of her rapists were indicted in court due to separate rape cases she filed in December 2019. Maria, a daughter of a poor garbage collector in […]
Read More...Japanese bishops publish child sex abuse report
April 15, 2020 · By UCA News reporter, Tokyo for www.ucanews.com
She said that people’s cooperation and understanding of the virus are crucial. “If they [the people] do not understand why they need to cooperate and promised government aid is not delivered to them, social unrest may really happen,” she added. Meanwhile, the National Shrine of our Mother of Perpetual Help in Baclaran, Manila, has been […]
Read More...Philippines mulls Covid-19 lockdown extension
April 15, 2020 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
The Philippine government is now studying the possibility of extending enhanced community quarantines or lockdowns by another 15 to 20 days to “flatten the coronavirus curve” on Luzon, the country’s biggest island. The National Task Force Covid-19 announced that although it is still too early to make an announcement, scientists and doctors were already looking […]
Read More...Coronavirus: How do you care for someone at home?
April 15, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Patients with mild coronavirus symptoms – such as a new continuous cough or a high temperature above 37.8C -should self-isolate at home for at least seven days, according to the latest advice issued by Public Health England. If symptoms worsen or don’t go away after a week, then people should contact their local health service […]
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