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Agence France-Presse Posted at  Mar 16 2020 08:43 AM People enjoy a sunny Sunday on the Seine river banks after France's Prime Minister announced to close most all non-indispensable locations, cafes, restaurants, cinemas, nightclubs and shops as France grapples with an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Paris, France, March 15, 2020.  Gonzalo Fuentes, Reuters PARIS - France recorded 29 additional coronavirus deaths Sunday, the biggest one-day increase in the country since the outbreak, bringing the total death toll to 120, Health Minister Olivier Veran said. Around 900 more infections were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 5,400 since January, Veran told France 2 television. Separately, the national health agency Sante Publique France, which has been updating its tally daily, put the new toll at 127 deaths. The sharp increase came as France held the first round of nationwide municipal elections Sunday, expected to show a recor...

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN News Posted at  Mar 16 2020 01:22 PM Currently, on a nationwide lockdown, Italy is second-hardest-hit by COVID-19 after China.  Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN News MILAN, Italy – The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) maybe the worst public health crisis in a generation with 153,517 cases and 5,735 deaths in 143 countries and territories as of March 15, according to the World Health Organization.  In Italy, there are 24,747 total cases at the moment, of whom 20,603 people are positive for the virus and 2,335 recovered. The number rises every day but the Filipino spirit is never broken. The strength and resilience of Filipinos are undeniable. Overseas Pinoys in Italy turn to social media to fight boredom as the country is placed under dramatic total lockdown since March 11. To ease COVID-19 pandemic fears, Filipinos post their videos online and other creative ways of battling the outbreak. Drew Ramos has less fear of being infect...

Agence France-Presse Posted at  Mar 16 2020 03:27 PM  | Updated as of  Mar 16 2020 04:03 PM An isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV or novel coronavirus, is seen in a transmission electron microscopic image obtained from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. on Tuesday. At least 29 were reported killed as coronavirus infection rose to almost 1,000 around the country.  Hannah A Bullock and Azaibi Tamin, CDC Handout via Reuters BERLIN - Germany's foreign minister said Monday the rights to coronavirus vaccine research were not for sale, following reports Donald Trump wanted the US to buy exclusive access to a potential vaccine developed by a German biotech firm. The comments, made in an interview to media group Funke, come as scientists raced to develop a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus that has killed some 6,000 people, seen millions placed under lockdown and devastated global markets. ...

Reuters Posted at  Mar 16 2020 10:02 AM USS Boxer (LHD-4) ship sails in the Arabian Sea off Oman July 17, 2019. Picture taken July 17, 2019.  Ahmed Jadallah, Reuters File Photo WASHINGTON - A U.S. sailor aboard a warship ship tested positive for the coronavirus for the first time, the U.S. Navy said on Sunday, as it disclosed the case of a person assigned to an amphibious assault ship at port in San Diego. The Navy said the sailor was quarantined at home and that personnel who had been in close contact with the sailor have been notified and are in self-isolation at their homes. "None of them is aboard the ship currently. U.S. Navy ships conduct routine, daily cleanliness procedures geared toward health, wellness and the prevention of communicable disease spread," the Navy said in a statement. The sailor had been assigned to the USS Boxer, the Navy said. A U.S. official, however, said the ship was in port, a substantially less risky situation than being und...

Agence France-Presse Posted at  Mar 16 2020 10:00 AM GENEVA - The Swiss health minister on Sunday urged people not to be afraid as Geneva residents applauded, whistled and rang bells from their balconies and windows to thank health workers on the frontline in the battle against the coronavirus. Health Minister Alain Berset's comments came as cases of COVID-19 surged and drastic measures to halt the spread of the virus took hold. "We must not give in to fear," Berset told NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, calling on people to stay calm and pull together. Infections jumped on Sunday by nearly 1,000 cases in 24 hours to 2,200 and 14 deaths were recorded from the virus across the country. On Friday, the government closed schools and banned public gatherings of more than 100 people, and the army said it was preparing to help overstretched hospitals. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who heads the Geneva-based World Health Organization, in a tweet hailed the show of s...

Two Filipinos have contracted the rapidly spreading coronavirus disease in Lebanon, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday. At a news conference in Malacañang, DFA Assistant Secretary Eduardo Meñez said the two Filipinos are now under quarantine at a hospital in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. The DFA earlier said the COVID-19 had also infected Filipinos based in Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates and Singapore. Eighty Filipinos who had been on board the cruise ship Diamond Princess docked in Yokohama, Japan had also contracted the virus. Forty of them have since recovered from the disease, Meñez said.  In the Philippines, health authorities said they have already recorded 10 cases of the coronavirus disease. Of the confirmed cases, one died — a Chinese male.  — RSJ, GMA News  

An estimated 70,000 Filipinos have been affected by the lockdown imposed over four regions in Italy after the country recorded a surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. According to GMA News stringer Pia Abucay's report on Balitanghali, over 6,000 people in Italy have tested positive for COVID-19. Six hundred twenty-two have recovered and 366 have died. An estimated 60,000 Filipinos are in the Lombardy region. The lockdown, which began on Sunday,  confined a quarter of the Italian population  of around 60 million.  People are being barred from going in and leaving the red zone unless they are residents. Bars and restaurants remain open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Meanwhile, residents of areas that are under lockdown but outside the red zone are permitted to leave their homes to go to work or the supermarket. Recreational establishments outside the red zone such as theaters, cinemas, discos, pubs, and bingo houses are closed. The Philippine Embassy in ...