HEADS UP: You Deserve a Mental Health Break Because You’re So Tired (Jan. 19)

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Jan. 19:

LIFE KIT

• You deserve a mental health break. Here’s how you can make a case for it with your boss.

ELECTION NEWS

• Here’s the final, official list of candidates for president and vice president in the May 9 elections.
• The Philippines must flatten the pandemic curve by April to avoid the risk of a superspreader during the May elections, an adviser to the government’s pandemic task force said.
• Vice President Leni Robredo asked the Comelec to exempt her office’s COVID response program from election rules that prohibit candidates from giving dole outs to the public.

CULTURE EXPLAINED

• There should be no romance in chivalry when the man does the woman a favor thinking that she is the weaker sex. That’s benevolent sexism.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• These are the Philippines’ jobs on the rise for this year, according to Linked In.
• Workers are now exempted from the no vaccine no ride policy in public transport, the DOLE said.
• Seven pharmacy chains, including Mercury Drug and Watsons will offer select branches as vaccination sites, starting with booster jabs at the end of the week.
• Here’s what’s inside the ‘Kalinga’ COVID care kits that the DOH will give to patients with moderate symptoms.
• Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri has filed a bill seeking a P20-billion rehabilitation fund for areas devastated by Typhoon Odette (Rai).
• While extremely effective against earlier variants, a fourth dose of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID vaccines offer partial protection against omicron, according to an Israeli study.
• Moderna is eyeing a 2023 rollout for a booster vaccine that offers protection against both COVID-19 and the flu.
• The environmental fallout from Tonga’s massive undersea volcanic eruption could last for years, scientists say.
• A new C-band 5G from AT&T and Verizon could force the grounding on some aircraft in the U.S., which could disrupt transportation, airline CEOs said.
• China has dropped plans to sell tickets to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, opting instead to organize its own audience.
• After 77 years, a cold-case investigation has yielded a suspect in the betrayal of World War II diarist Anne Frank.
• Thailand is considering bringing back a quarantine waiver for vaccinated visitors, its health minister said.