NEARLY three years after the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) was first spotted in Wuhan, central China, in late 2019, shutting down swaths of the world and killing or debilitating countless millions, the worst of the pandemic may finally be over.
NEARLY three years after the coronavirus disease 2019 was first spotted in Wuhan, central China, in late 2019, shutting down swaths of the world and killing or debilitating countless millions, the worst of the pandemic may finally be over.So surmised infectious disease expert Dr. Edsel Salvana last week, noting that deaths from the Omicron surge this year were well below the body count for Delta in 2021.
First, a recent clash between government troops and fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on Basilan island, where the bloodiest battles with Muslim separatists were fought during the first Marcos administration, has ended in a truce agreement, which hopefully will ease frictions and advance peace and progress.On the global front, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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