Russia's leading opposition figure and chief Kremlin critic, Alexey Navalny, has left Berlin on a flight bound for Moscow, where he will likely be greeted by his supporters as well as authorities poised to arrest him. [...]

Brazil issues emergency authorization for two vaccines

Amid a devastating resurgence of the coronavirus in parts of Brazil, federal health officials have finally voted to authorize two vaccines for emergency use. Sunday, Brazilian regulatory agency Anvisa approved both the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and the Coronavac vaccine. [...]

Spanish climber falls to death from K2

Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote has died while climbing K2, the world's second highest summit, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday. [...]

UAE Covid vaccine: Minimum age to get jab now 16

Latest update will help authorities vaccinate the maximum number of people against the coronavirus. [...]

UAE Covid vaccine: Abu Dhabi approves screening protocols

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Dubai: Free Covid vaccine now at 120 centres; full list

Number of centres increased as demand for the vaccine grows. [...]

PHL COVID-19 cases at 500,577; 5,868 more recover

(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 500,000 mark on Sunday, January 17, after the Department of Health reported 1895 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 500,577 cases, 24691 were active. Of these, 84.6 percent were mild, 6.6 percent were asymptomatic, 5.3 percent were critical, 3 percent severe, and 0.47 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 107, Quezon City with 106, Isabela […] [...]

China to donate 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to PHL

(Eagle News) — China has pledged to donate 500,000 vaccine doses to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement, the DFA said China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the Secretary of China’s intention in a courtesy call to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Saturday, January 16. The pledge was apart from China’s grant of 500 million Chinese renminbi to “finance livelihood projects, infrastructure facilities, feasibility studies for […] [...]

DFA reports 10 more COVID-19 recoveries among overseas Filipinos

(Eagle News) — Ten more Filipinos abroad have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional recoveries, the COVID-19 recovery total among overseas Filipinos rose to 8627. Three additional COVID-19 cases pushed the total to 13543. No additional COVID-19 deaths were reported among overseas Filipinos abroad, which means the death toll remains at 935. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries and fatalities decreased to 63.70% and […] [...]

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