Tag: COVID-19

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 19:30 UTC

  Moderna says updated vaccine available to Uruguay has stronger antibody response

  

  The Moderna laboratories Tuesday reported that their two bivalent Omicron-targeting new messenger RNA (mRNA) technology booster vaccines (mRNA-1273.214 and mRNA-1273.222) have a superior antibody response compared to a booster dose of the basic RNA vaccine.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Uruguay's Vaccine Committee summoned to rule on need for new Covid booster dose

  

  Uruguayan Health Minister Daniel Salinas Monday announced the Vaccine Committee had been convened to decide on a possible booster against COVID-19. He also reviewed his plans to leave his post next year.

• Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  G20 devises “insufficient” pandemic response fund

  

  Indonesian President Joko Wikodo Sunday announced the creation by the G20 countries of a special US$1.4 billion readiness fund for future pandemics.

• Friday, November 11th 2022 - 20:13 UTC

  COVID-19 cases in Brazil on the rise

  

  The Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) has warned of an alarming increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Brazilian States of Amazonas, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Rio Grande do Sul.

• Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 19:26 UTC

  Peru launches contingency plan as COVID-19 cases surge

  

  Peruvian health authorities Wednesday announced a contingency plan amid an increase in cases of COVID-19 in the regions of Lima, Arequipa (south), and Loreto (north).

• Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  China October exports contract, first time since 2020; global recession reaching Asian super power

  

  With an economy still gripped by strict lockdown measures, Chinese exports contracted in October for the first time since the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Exports in dollar terms fell 0.3 percent year on year last month, official data showed, compared with an economists’ forecast of 4.5% growth and a 5.7% gain in September. The figure last fell in May 2020.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Extension granted to companies searching for oil off Argentina's shores

  

  Argentina's Energy Secretariat extended until 2024 the oil offshore exploration permits of ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum (QP) to operate in the Argentine Sea, it was reported earlier this week in the Official Gazette.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 20:28 UTC

  COVID-19 outbreak halts travel to US McMurdo Antarctica Base

  

  The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) has been forced to stop inbound travel to the McMurdo Base in Antarctica following a COVID-19 outbreak that has gripped nearly 10% of the staff, it was reported late Thursday, although essential arrivals and departures for health and safety reasons will still be allowed.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:58 UTC

  Falkland Islands lists Covid-19 as endemic, in the same manner as other viral illnesses

  

  On Wednesday 29 June the Falkland Islands King Edward Memorial Hospital, KEMH, announced that as Covid-19 infection rates continued to be low, following the initial spike in cases seen in May 2022, Covid-19 is now considered endemic in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Peru's post-pandemic economic recovery faster than that elsewhere

  

  Peru quickly bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic, even if compared with other countries in the region and the world, according to reports released Wednesday in Lima.