Pmnch call to action on covid 19

Vaccination. File photo MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday announced that elderly and health frontliners may now avail their second booster shot against COVID-19. This came following the recommendation of the Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC) and after the Food and Drug Administration earlier granted emergency use authorization (EUA) on the administration of the second COVID-19 vaccine booster to senior citizens and frontline healthcare workers aged 18 and above. “The second booster for our health workers and senior citizens will enhance protection given by the first booster and the primary series against all variants, including the recent Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1. Against whatever variant there is out there, the second booster supports the 4-Door strategy,” said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire in a statement. “Everyone eligible can get the second booster jab done at the LGU vaccination sites nearest you. They are … [Read more...] about Frontliners, elderly may now avail 2nd COVID-19 booster shot – DOH

Over the last 25 months, a public-private partnership has quietly been working behind the scenes with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) in the battle against COVID-19. Known as Task Force T3 (for Test, Trace, Treat), our work covered a wide range of responses for COVID management and involved many companies and volunteer executive teams working hand in hand with government officials and staff from the IATF, partner agencies, and local governments. From our perspective, this public-private partnership has been a successful model for managing national crisis. Though it’s been a roller coaster of a ride over these last two years, we’ve been able to see COVID case rates drop significantly, low mortality rates, and hospital utilization rates decline. I’d like to briefly outline this journey and try to draw some lessons from this partnership. In April 2020, the government invited the private sector into a partnership to expand RT-PCR … [Read more...] about Public-private partnership against COVID-19

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 18 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! President Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden, tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be traveling with First Lady Jill Biden on an upcoming overseas trip. A White House spokesperson told Fox News that Ashley Biden is not considered a close contact to President Biden or First Lady Jill Biden, according to the CDC guidelines. Ashley Biden was scheduled to travel with Jill Biden during her trip to Romania and Slovakia starting May 5, but was exposed to an individual who tested positive for COVID-19, preventing her from going on that trip as well. Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley Biden speaks by video feed during the 4th and final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, as participants from … [Read more...] about Biden’s daughter tests positive for COVID-19, cancels overseas trip with first lady

BERLIN (AP) — Germany plans to spend another 830 million euros ($872 million) to buy new coronavirus vaccines that will allow the country to deal with a series of possible variants this fall, the health minister said Wednesday. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said that the government, via the European Union, already has ordered enough of the existing vaccines and of one that has been developed by Germany’s BioNTech to counter the omicron variant. He said the new funding is earmarked for a vaccine being developed by Moderna to tackle both omicron and other variants. “We are betting on a broad portfolio of vaccines; we must be prepared for all eventualities,” Lauterbach said. “We don't know what variants will confront us in the fall.” “One lesson from the pandemic is that we never again want to have too little vaccine,” he added, alluding to the sluggish start early last year of the EU's and Germany's COVID-19 vaccination campaign. “We want to be able to offer all those who need … [Read more...] about Germany OKs more COVID-19 vaccine spending for this fall

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona has cleared health and safety protocols and returned to the team after missing four games with COVID-19. Francona will be back for Wednesday's game against Cincinnati along with bench coach DeMarlo Hale. They both tested positive with coronavirus last week while the Guardians were in Chicago and returned to Ohio by bus as the team continued its trip to Minnesota. Hitting analyst Justin Toole is also back with the Guardians, who have dealt with two separate outbreaks in recent weeks. First baseman Josh Naylor remains the only Guardians player currently sidelined with the virus. The 63-year-old Francona, in his 10th season with Cleveland, dealt with some symptoms over the weekend but has been feeling well the past few days. He missed most of the last two seasons to handle some serious health issues. With Francona back, pitching coach Carl Willis returns to his normal duties after serving as acting manager. Sandy … [Read more...] about Francona back managing Guardians following COVID-19 outbreak

close Video 55% of Americans are concerned about COVID: Poll Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on the looming healthcare crisis, COVID cases and overdose deaths on 'Fox News @ Night.' NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! About 76% of people who have been diagnosed with the post-coronavirus health condition known as "long COVID" were not sick enough to be hospitalized when they were initially infected, according to a study released Wednesday. More than two years into the pandemic, the lingering symptoms of COVID-19 that many patients experience have come under the microscope. The study released Wednesday, which was conducted by the non-profit FAIR Health and has not been peer-reviewed, analyzed more than 78,000 people who were diagnosed with long COVID between October 2021 and January 2022. LONG COVID SYMPTOMS MAY DEPEND ON THE VARIANT A PERSON CONTRACTED About three-quarters, 75.8%, of long … [Read more...] about Most ‘long COVID’ patients were not initially hospitalized with the infection, study finds

Pfizer/BioNTech’s new pediatric COVID-19 vaccine vials are seen in this undated handout photo. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, the regulator said on Tuesday. The authorization makes everyone in the United States aged five and above eligible for booster doses of the vaccine, although the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) still needs to sign off on the shots. “While it has largely been the case that COVID-19 tends to be less severe in children than adults, the Omicron wave has seen more kids getting sick with the disease and being hospitalized,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said in a statement. Califf said the authorization would help provide continued protection against COVID-19 in that age group. Data has shown that vaccine effectiveness starts to wane over time. The U.S. government has been urging … [Read more...] about U.S. FDA clears Pfizer’s Covid booster shot for young

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 18 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! North Korea reported hundreds of thousands of new infections on Wednesday, but said that a million residents have already recovered from what is suspected to be COVID-19 . The nation announced 232,880 new cases of fever and an additional six deaths, with at least 691,170 remaining in quarantine. While outside experts believe most of the fevers – 232,880 fever cases were announced on Wednesday – are from the coronavirus, North Korea lacks the testing capability to confirm all of them. KIM JONG UN SLAMS NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS OVER COVID-19 RESPONSE The outbreak is also almost certainly larger than has been counted, because some people could be asymptomatic. While it remains uncertain how many cases were confirmed as COVID-19-related, it is … [Read more...] about As suspected COVID spread continues in North Korea, WHO frets over missing data

Sam Frost seemed to have it all ahead of the coronavirus pandemic - a great job and boyfriend - but things appeared to be flipped upside down as Covid raged on. The Home and Away soap star, 33, is best loved by fans for her starring role of Jasmine Delaney - who she has played since December 2017. However, the Summer Bay actress found herself caught up in quite a saga when she was seemingly forced to choose between her job with Channel 7 and having the Covid-19 vaccine. Unsure about accepting the jab at the time, the broadcasting giant allowed Sam to take a temporary break from work so that she could eventually return after adhering to their policy of all cast members being vaccinated. She did eventually go on to leave the soap on a permanent basis. Daily Star is exploring Sam's rise and fall during the whirlwind drama and exit from the programme. Reality TV Although Sam is most associated with Home and Away, many will not know that Sam actually shot to fame on the … [Read more...] about Home and Away Sam Frost’s life – Reality TV past, Covid vaccine drama and painful split

People walk in a crowded street as new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), driven by the Omicron variant, are surging, in Lima, Peru January 12, 2022. Picture taken January 12, 2022. (REUTERS) SAO PAULO – COVID-19 is on the rise again in the Americas as many countries have abandoned measures like masking and social distancing and many lag in vaccination rates, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. Cases in the Americas surged 27.2% last week from the prior one, driven primarily by a spike in infections in the United States , according to PAHO. More than half of a total 918,000 infections came from North America as U.S. cases jumped by 33% to 605,000 in the last week. Infections in North America have now been climbing for the past seven weeks. PAHO Director Dr. Carissa Etienne noted that many countries and local governments are giving up measures to protect against the virus and have reopened borders after a period of lower transmission. … [Read more...] about COVID is rising in the Americas, virus ‘not going away anytime soon’ -PAHO