Here's a Heads Up from Reportr.World on news that you need to know today, Jan. 27:
- Transporting vaccines from laboratories abroad to countries like the Philippines requires an intricate dance of cargo planes, trucks and freezers. Here's how we will do it.
- Parts of Bontoc are under lockdown after authorities confirmed 12 local transmissions of the UK COVID-19 variant. There's also mass testing and a moratorium on indigenous retuals.
- Metro Manila has avoided the feared COVID-19 surge post-Christmas and Black Nazarene Feast, the OCTA Research Group said.
- The Philippine Red Cross, which is pioneering the saliva-based COVID test, says you can use it if you plan to do any of the following.
- The Department of Agriculture warned meat traders against profiteering with pork prices still elevated.
- Trains from Spain and Mexico that will be deployed on the LRT-1 Extension are due to arrive in the Philippines.
- The National Commission on Culture and the Arts took down a promotional photo after the hand gesture in it reminded some of the Nazi salute. The NCCA said it was unintentional.
- At UP Diliman, a blood red art installation by Toym Imao called "Barikada" is rising as a tribute to the university's activist heritage.
- Ellen Degeneres featured the viral RC Cola ad in her long-running TV show in the U.S. She failed to decode the commercial on air.
- President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden's German Shepherds, Champ and Major, have arrived in the White House. It marked the return of dogs to America's seat of power after Donald Trump, the first U.S. leader in the century to not bring a dog to his office.
Here's an update on COVID-19 cases as of 4 p.m. of Jan. 26:
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