As Covid-19 ripped through the Philippines, social media posts purported to share an official government health warning about the Omicron variant. The posts are misleading; the health department said it had not issued the warning, which makes a string of baseless claims about the virus. “DOH OMICRON ALERT,” reads the graphic shared on Facebook on January 17,…

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MANILA, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Philippine authorities started evacuating people from coastal areas on Sunday and hundreds were unable to travel by sea as the main island Luzon, including Manila, braces for a category 3 typhoon that continues to strengthen, officials said. Typhoon Noru became a supertyphoon “after a period of explosive intensification”, with sustained…

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