The long-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics will take place in Tokyo from July 23 to Aug. 8 in the shadow of coronavirus, without international spectators. More than 11,000 athletes from 205 nations will compete at the games, which were postponed for one year due to the pandemic. It was canceled three times in the past because of wars. The 1916 Olympics during World War I and the 1940 and 1944 Games during World War II were canceled. On April 6, 1896, the inaugural Games kicked off in Athens. For the next nine days, a total of 241 competitors from 14 countries
Antipolo residents can now attend to their dental concerns with the launch of free online consultation under the city’s teledentistry program. The Antipolo City Health Office dental division said it is their contribution to efforts to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), which has resulted in just 52 active cases as of Saturday. There have been 9,957 confirmed cases, with 220 deaths and 9,685 recoveries. “Hindi ninyo kailangang lumabas para magpatingin sa dentista. One click away lang ang ating mga dentist na handang tumulong sa inyo ng libre (You don’t have to go out to see a dentist. Our dentists
The city government of Pasay on Sunday announced 171 out of its 201 villages have no cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The city’s active cases are down to 57 out of 14,526 total confirmed infections, including 14,079 recoveries and 309 deaths. It can be recalled that in February, the city’s new cases reached as high as 2,600 in a day. Latest data from the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) showed positivity rate is at 12.06 percent. To further contain local transmission of the virus, the city government placed 26 houses under local enhanced community quarantine (LECQ). Affected residents
The JR Borja General Hospital (JRBGH), a hospital managed by the city government here, is the first accredited Out-Patient Department (OPD) consultation center in Region 10 by the Department of Health (DOH) under the Universal Health Care (UHC) program. City mayor Oscar Moreno announced this accomplishment on Saturday after it was reported by Dr. William Bernardo, acting city health officer and in-charge of the UHC program of the city government. “This is also one of the reasons why I asked him to head the city health department so that it would harmonize and synchronize our universal healthcare participation,” he said
Demand for office spaces is expected to remain stable and resilient, with the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector leading the growth in the Philippines amid global uncertainty brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). “The information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) industry may continue to spearhead demand for office spaces and this potential new trend of setting up satellite offices would be a strategic fit for the industry considering the significant number of employees in the sector,” the global real estate services firm said in an Office Market Study of Metro Manila and
Britain has reported another 18,270 coronavirus cases in the last 24-hour period, the highest since early February, according to official figures released Saturday. The total number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the country now stands at 4,717,811. The country also recorded another 23 coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the national death toll to 128,089. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test. More than 44 million people in Britain have received the first Covid-19 vaccine jab and more than 32.2 million people have received two doses, the latest figures also
