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Prior to implementing the "optional" face mask policy, Mayor Duterte wants to observe its results.

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 DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 Sep) - Mayor Sebastian Duterte said the local government of Davao would only adopt the "optional" wearing of face masks if there is proof that it could not lead to a rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. However, he is open to the idea of loosening the strict face mask policy in outdoor spaces. On Friday, Mayor Sebastian Duterte indicated on Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR"Special )'s Hour with Mayor Sebastian Duterte" show that he would prefer to wait and see how this would work out in other local government units before implementing it in the city. When Malacaang announced on September 7 that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) had advised making the use of face masks outdoors "optional" nationally, Duterte responded. However, he said that Dr. Ashley Lopez, the director of the City Health Office (CHO), had advocated maintaining the current regional rule requiri

The "Inday" can lose strength when it leaves PH—Pagasa.

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According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services ( Pagasa ), the strong tropical storm "Inday" has maintained its power but may slow down before leaving the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday or Wednesday. According to Pagasa weather expert Benison Estareja, it was moving northwest at a speed of 20 kph and was estimated to be around 495 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes. According to the state-run weather service, Inday has maximum sustained winds of 110 kph around the center and gusts of up to 135 kph. He told The Manila Times that the strong tropical storm "would probably decelerate over the period and may perhaps approach a quasi-stationary condition by Tuesday before it exits PAR and passes near to the Miyako or Yaeyama Islands by Tuesday or Wednesday." Pagasa argued that although Inday's trough may be to blame for the deluge that may be felt over Southern Luzon and the western parts of Central Luzon and Visay

A number of factories must close due to the extreme heat in China.

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 Sichuan province in China issued an order to shut down all companies for six days to help with power shortages as the nation experienced its hottest heatwave in 60 years. Sichuan is a significant semiconductor sector manufacturing hub, according to CNN. For some of the biggest electronics businesses in the world, like Apple, Foxconn, and Intel, solar panels and electricity distribution will be relevant. XEM THÊM : Chơi Tài Xỉu Online Uy Tín Ở Đâu? Tiết Lộ Đến Từ Chuyên Gia!! Lithium, a vital component of electric car batteries, is also mined extensively in China's Sichuan region, and analysts have warned that the closure of factories there could increase the cost of raw materials. With temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius in dozens of locations, China is witnessing its worst heat wave in 60 years. The need for air conditioning in houses and other buildings is being driven by sweltering heat. As businesses expanded rapidly, the strain on the electrical infrastructure increased

In reaction to a string of unexplained explosions in Crimea, Russia makes a statement.

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 A series of explosions rocked Crimea as a Ukrainian presidential adviser disclosed Kyiv's military strategy, prompting the Russian Defense Ministry to label it a "act of sabotage." Crimea was shaken by a series of explosions On August 16, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that there had been an explosion in a temporary storage area at the ammunition stockpile in the village of Mayskoye, north of Crimea. A substation also caught fire approximately 20 kilometers away, according to the TASS news agency. Two persons were hurt by the blasts, and the nearby train station was also damaged. According to CNN, train services from Russia to the Crimea had to be suspended. 2,000 people in the village of Mayskoye, according to RT, have been ordered to evacuate immediately and leave the region at least five kilometers away. XEM THÊM : Tìm Top Game Bài Đổi Thưởng Uy Tín Nhiều Người Chơi Nhất Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the president of Ukraine, wrote on Twitter shortly after

The new Vietnamese passport is accepted in the UK.

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  The U.K. will proceed to accept the new Vietnamese passport and continue to issue holders of the document visas, the British Embassy in Vietnam announced on Wednesday. "Visa applicants and passengers (including those in route) should ensure they are fully informed of, and periodically verify, the position on acceptance of these documents for all their destinations," it stated in a Facebook post. "The U.K. currently continues to recognize the new Vietnamese passport ." Prior to the U.K., France declared last week that it would accept the new Vietnamese passport and grant bearers visas "until further notice." However, the French Embassy in Vietnam advised those with new Vietnamese passports to omit their intended length of stay or planned transit through Germany. Additionally, they are urged to update their data due to "rapidly changing circumstances." After Germany and Spain, the Czech Republic became the third nation on Tuesday to refuse to acc

As more nations refuse to provide visas, Vietnam is considering adding the place of birth to new passports.

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  The public security ministry has stated that it will research the laws to see whether the birthplace can be included in the new passport . The passport complies with national regulations as well as IATA requirements, according to Ministry of Public Security spokeswoman To An Xo, who spoke at a press conference on Wednesday. He noted that some other nations' passports , including those of Japan, South Korea, and Switzerland, also lack a birthplace field. According to him, Germany, Spain, and the Czech Republic have yet to recognize Vietnam's new passport because of technological difficulties. The majority of nations have already done so. The public security ministry would manually add the place of birth, and citizens could go to the local immigration office or Vietnamese representative agencies abroad for this, he added. The ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are working with the three countries to resolve those technical issues. On July 1, the new passports went on

Doubting mainstream medicine, COVID patients find dangerous advice and pills online.

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 Laurie, Stephanie's daughter, urged that Stephanie seek medical attention after she contracted COVID-19 soon before Thanksgiving last year. Laurie remembers telling her to "just go to the doctor" since she was "really not feeling well." SEE MORE : History of Roulette Online casino Online Roulette Stephanie, who was 75 at the time, chose not to go, though. A few years prior, she had become enmeshed in the bizarre claims made by online conspiracy theories, including one that John F. Kennedy Jr. was still alive. The pandemic made things worse. She developed a strong mistrust of the medical establishment. (NPR is only using family members' first names to protect them from online harassment.) Laurie recalls what her mother used to say about the COVID vaccines: "Everybody who is vaccinated is going to die." Thanks to a novel omicron subvariant, COVID cases and hospitalizations are once more increasing. The worst effects can be avoided with the use of