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PH to donate $1-M to WHO’s COVAX facility

By NG Seruela President Rodrigo Roa Duterte announced on Monday evening (May 31) that the Philippines will donate $1 million to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVAX facility, following the latter’s solicitation...

Uganda sees sharp rise in COVID-19 cases

KAMPALA - Uganda is seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases, forcing its health officials to take stern emergency measures. From 200 cases per day in April, the East African country is now recording over 1,000 cases per day amid a looming vaccine shortage.

UNICEF warns South Asian children’s lives at risk as COVID ravages region

By Lisa Schlein/VOA News GENEVA - The U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for urgent action to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of children in South Asia who are missing...

New COVID-19 outbreak sends Australia’s Victoria state into 4th lockdown

By VOA News Australia’s southern state of Victoria will enter into a one-week “circuit breaker” lockdown beginning Thursday (May 27) as it deals with a new and growing outbreak of COVID-19 cases.   The...

EU to deliver COVID-19 shots to developing nations

PARIS - The European Union (EU) pledged to deliver at least 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to low- and middle-income countries by year's end, and develop vaccine production capacity in poorer nations, as it wrapped up a two-day summit in Brussels.

Body’s second line of defense may protect against coronavirus variants

New research provides encouraging signs that COVID-19 vaccines may continue to provide protection even as the coronavirus mutates into variants.

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