Philippines to relax ban on foreign travelers from Feb. 1

Jan 29,2021
The Philippines will relax its ban on travelers, starting next month, from over 30 countries and regions that have confirmed cases of more transmissible COVID-19 variants, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Friday.
India's COVID-19 tally rises to 10,720,048
Jan 29
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 10,720,048 on Friday as 18,855 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry.
Snowstorms approaching wide areas of Japan
Jan 29
Weather officials in Japan say a rapidly developing low-pressure system may bring snowstorms to wide areas of the country on Friday.
Japan jobless numbers increase for 11th month
Jan 29
The latest data from the Japanese government shows that the number of people out of work grew by 490 thousand in December compared with a year earlier.
Bus crash kills 3, injures 4 in SE Nigeria
Jan 29
Three people were killed and four others seriously injured when an 18-seater bus on Thursday overturned in Nigeria's southeastern state of Ebonyi, police said.
First cases of S. Africa coronavirus variant detected in US
Jan 29
A more transmissible variant of the coronavirus that was identified in South Africa has been detected for the first time on US soil, officials said Thursday.
Novavax Covid vaccine highly effective, but not against S.Africa variant
Jan 29
US biotech firm Novavax said Thursday its two-shot Covid-19 vaccine showed an overall efficacy of 89.3 percent in a major Phase 3 clinical trial in Britain, and remained highly effective against a variant first identified there.