The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said that the Filipinos evacuated from Gaza Strip, Ashkelon, and Ashdod cannot be repatriated to the Philippines yet amid the escalating tension between Israel and Hamas.
GENEVA, May 16 -- More than 658,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide in the past day, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 162.17 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Sunday.
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines should be expanded by large margins in order to realize global herd immunity, which is obviously a herculean task that can only be accomplished with concerted efforts, reported The New York Times on Sunday.
The British government is hoping to vaccinate up to a million people a day in a bid to keep the country on track for a gradual relaxation of coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
India reported its smallest daily gain in COVID-19 cases in nearly three weeks Saturday (May 15), continuing a trend that began last week as the government warned of an overwhelming surge sweeping across rural areas.
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Eighteen states in the United States and some big-label businesses have announced plans as of Saturday to drop public mask mandates either immediately or in the weeks to come, but other states such as California, New York and New Jersey are moving forward with caution.
