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MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH), University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome Center, and the University of the Philippines - National Institutes of Health on Friday reported the detection of seven imported cases and three local cases of the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of concern. The seven imported cases include six returning overseas Filipinos and one Malaysian national. Three of them arrived from the United States via Philippine Airlines Flight PR 127 on December 16 and PR 103 on December 15. Two arrived from the United Kingdom via connecting flights of Singapore Airlines Flight SQ 910 on December 15 and Emirates Airlines flight EK 332 on December 9. Another case arrived from the United Arab Emirates through Philippine Airlines Flight 659 on December 19 and the seventh imported case came from Ghana through the connecting flight of Qatar Airways Flight QR 930 on December 14. The husband of the fourth Omicron case previously announced is among the seven cases. All other d ....
Covid-19 Mumbai: Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale asked personnel to wear face shields Mumbai: Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale has instructed personnel working in the field to wear double masks and face shields to protect themselves from the COVID-19 infection, an official said on Tuesday. The top cop s instructions have come in the light of police checkpoints set up across the city to crackdown on unnecessary movement of people amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Commissioner of Police (operation) S Chaitanya said. The police have been monitoring the movement of vehicles and people at many places, including the exit and entry points of the city, to ensure strict implementation of the COVID-19 curbs, the official said. ....
Embed According to a new assessment published in the medical journal Lancet there is strong evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is predominantly transmitted through the air. Many public health experts are advising people to wear two masks. How effective is double masking? Is Covid airborne now? Here is an expert take. ....
Newsom faces a recall that is becoming more viable by the hour in the wake of his French Laundry scandal, excessive COVID closures, massive unemployment benefits fraud and most of the state’s students still not back to classroom instruction. At the publication of this article the recall effort has the required amount of signatures and has six days to reach their projected “safety zone” of 2 million signatures. The count currently stands at 1.92 million. Despite the mounting opposition in his own state, Newsom said in a press conference on Thursday that he would not be relinquishing emergency powers or removing mask mandates anytime soon. In fact, the beleaguered governor recommended Californians begin wearing two masks instead of just one. ....