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Japan weighs providing COVID-19 booster shots for all: PM

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday (Dec. 28) the government will consider providing COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for all people in the country as much as possible in a report by Kyodo News.

PH to remain at Alert Level 2 until January 2022

There is a high probability that the country will remain at Alert Level 2 until January next year amid the partial increase in COVID-19 cases.

U.S. sets grim new record for daily COVID-19 cases amid Omicron surge

WASHINGTON - The lightning spread of the new Omicron variant in the United States has driven daily COVID-19 new cases to a record high of over 510,000 on Monday, Dec. 27.

Galvez: Vaccine wastage due to Typhoon Odette ‘negligible’

MANILA – The COVID-19 vaccine wastage due to the onslaught of Typhoon Odette remains “negligible,” vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Tuesday, Dec. 28.

Health reminders for Omicron transmission issued

The Department of Health (DOH) reminded all concerned agencies and parties to strengthen the implementation of COVID-19 measures to “manage if not avert possible community transmission” of the Omicron variant. In a...

Argentina registers 20,263 new daily COVID-19 cases, 31 more deaths

Argentina reported 20,263 new cases of COVID-19 and 31 more deaths related to the disease in the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said on Monday, Dec. 27.

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