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UK prepares for funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, longtime consort of Queen Elizabeth II

Prince Philip, the late husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, will be laid to rest Saturday in an intimate service attended by 30 people including members of the royal family. [...]

Remembering the royal romance of Prince Philip and the Queen

CNN's Max Foster looks at the life of the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip who gave up his military career to stand beside Queen Elizabeth II during her over 50 year reign on the British throne. [...]

Brazil asks women 'if possible' to delay pregnancy over Covid variants

Brazil has warned women to postpone pregnancy until the worst of the coronavirus pandemic has passed, saying that the variants of the coronavirus in Brazil have been more aggressive in pregnant women. [...]

UAE: Police warn against scammers offering domestic services

Abu Dhabi Police urge public to avail such services from government-authorised companies. [...]

Covid vaccine: Dubai expands eligibility criteria for Pfizer jab

Former Covid patients no longer need to wait three months to get the vaccine. [...]

UAE reports 1,958 cases, 1,545 recoveries, 3 deaths

The new cases were detected through 214,765 additional tests. [...]

DOH reports 11,101 more COVID-19 cases in PHL

(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 926052 on Saturday, April 17, after the Department of Health reported 11101 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 203710 were active. Of these, 96 percent were mild, 2.9 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, 0.4 percent critical, and 0.29 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 706532,including the additional 799 ones. The death toll is now at 15810,with the additional 72 deaths. The Philippines vaccination drive is […] [...]

In Brazil, graveyard shift reveals staggering cost of pandemic

by Paula RAMON Agence France Presse SAO Paulo, Brazil (AFP) — In almost three decades of working in Sao Paulo’s largest cemetery, the oldest gravediggers can’t remember performing more than 10 night burials. But since the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic swept across Brazil, that exception has become the rule. The vertiginous rise in deaths in Sao Paulo in recent months has forced the mayor of the country’s richest and most populous city […] [...]

Pres. Duterte tells public about COVID-19 realities as he presses for local vaccine manufacture

Duterte: “We’ll have to go through the worst of times” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned the public that things could get worse before it gets better, saying there would be more COVID-19 deaths as vaccine supplies are not enough and the COVID-19 variants that have mutated still continue to infect thousands. “Sabihin ko sa iyo marami pang mamamatay dito. Hindi ko lang maturo kung sino,” President Duterte said in his Talk To […] [...]