KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 -- Malaysia reported 6,075 new COVID-19 infections in the highest daily spike since the outbreak, bringing the national total to 485,496, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
TAIPEI - Taiwan, which captured world attention last year for going more than 200 consecutive days without a local COVID-19 case, is shutting things down for the first time to contain its worst coronavirus outbreak since the global pandemic began.
By NG Seruela
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte conversed with Japan Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide over the telephone to discuss Philippine-Japan relations on Wednesday (May 19), according to a statement from the Palace.
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With little more than two months to go before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, a major Japanese medical association is calling for the cancellation of the event due to the current surge of new COVID-19 infections.
NAIROBI - Kenyan health authorities say they will not be able to give a second dose of COVID-19 vaccines until at least June, due to a shortage of AstraZeneca doses. Kenya has vaccinated less than 2% of its people so far, but the Ministry of Health says efforts are underway to acquire millions of doses.
