Day: August 27, 2024

WHO launches strategic response plan to contain mpox outbreak

LONDON: The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global strategic preparedness and response plan on Monday to stop outbreaks of human-to-human transmission of mpox through coordinated global, regional and national efforts.

The move came after t…

WHO launches strategic response plan to contain mpox outbreak

LONDON: The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global strategic preparedness and response plan on Monday to stop outbreaks of human-to-human transmission of mpox through coordinated global, regional and national efforts.

The move came after t…

DA to start rollout of ASF vaccine in Batangas on Aug. 30

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday announced the start of the government-controlled vaccine rollout against African swine fever (ASF) in Batangas on Aug. 30.

“We’re going to implement the vaccination this Friday in Lobo,’ DA Assist…

Revenue collection up by 14.8% from Jan-July

MANILA: The country’s total revenues went up by 14.8 percent in the first seven months of the year, Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said on Tuesday.

Recto, during the Senate of the Philippines’ Public Hearing of the Committee on Finance for the 2025 pr…

Mpox spread, Covid-19 surge not at a worrying stage: experts

ANKARA: The spread of mpox and the rise in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in various countries around the world is not a major cause for worry at the moment, according to two prominent health experts.

The spread of mpox has sparked some co…

Mpox spread, Covid-19 surge not at a worrying stage: experts

ANKARA: The spread of mpox and the rise in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in various countries around the world is not a major cause for worry at the moment, according to two prominent health experts.

The spread of mpox has sparked some co…