New York fights virus resurgence as Trump touts vaccine breakthrough

Agence France Presse 11/14/2020

NEW YORK, United States –  New York battled to fend off a second wave of coronavirus infections with new restrictions on bars and restaurants Friday, as Donald Trump said the first Americans would start receiving a vaccine…

EOC foresees second wave amid rising trend of COVID-19 cases in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is foreseeing a second wave for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the city as new cases have increased in the past seven days. The…

US hospitals again under pressure with Covid on the rise

11/12/2020

Washington, United States—After several weeks of rapidly rising coronavirus cases, hospitals around the United States are once again overwhelmed, forcing local authorities to take new measures to cope with the pandemic. On Wednesday a record 65,368 people…

Coronavirus: What China got right in preventing a second wave

The Straits Times / Asia News Network 07/19/2020

SINGAPORE — When there was a sudden outbreak of coronavirus infections at a wholesale market in Beijing last month, there were fears that China was about to face a second wave of the pandemic after having successfully contained it.…

Enough is enough

By: Rina Jimenez-David - @inquirerdotnet 07/08/2020

Soon after Typhoon “Ondoy” left our home inundated in over seven feet of muddy floodwaters, we heard that my husband, then a contractual art director with Food Magazine of ABS-CBN publications, was entitled to “cash assistance.” I…

Second wave fears as China reports most new cases in months

AFP 06/14/2020

BEIJING — China reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in months on Sunday, warning of a second wave as more European countries prepared to reopen their borders. The shock resurgence in domestic infections has…

Galvez: Spike in infected OFWs seen, may become part of 2nd wave

Julie Aurelio - Inquirer.net 05/23/2020

  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…

Epidemiologist warns of ‘3rd wave’ of infections

Jovic Yee - Inquirer.net 05/07/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — A third wave of infections can be expected after the government lifts the lockdown it has imposed on major urban areas to halt the spread of the new coronavirus in the country, an…

Second wave of relief goods to include low income, low middle class Cebu City residents

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The second wave of the relief aid from the Cebu City government will no longer just be for the poorest of the poor. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said in an interview with…

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