Stories for April 2020

Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Brazil likely to have 12 times more cases of COVID-19, Universities monitoring report

Brazil likely has 12 times more cases of the new coronavirus than are being officially reported by the government, with too little testing and long waits to confirm the results, according to a study released this week.
Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Morrisons supermarkets gives NHS workers a 10% discount support

Morrisons, Britain's fourth-biggest supermarket group, said it is giving National Health Service (NHS) workers a 10% discount to support them through the coronavirus crisis. It is the first of Britain's 'Big Four' to give a monetary discount to 1.5 million NHS workers, who have already been offered priority shopping hours by market leader Tesco, Sainsbury's, Walmart owned Asda and Morrisons.
Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:37 UTC
South Korea “breaks” lockdown and goes to the polls for parliamentary election

Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fever, special polling stations for the quarantined: South Koreans headed to the polls on Wednesday with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat.
Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:31 UTC
Trump halts funding of WHO over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemnation from infectious disease experts as the global death toll continued to mount.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 19:31 UTC
IMF: Uruguay's economy will fall 3% in 2020; Latin America's, 5.2%

According to the estimates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Uruguayan economy will decrease by 3% this 2020. The “great closure” has been how the international body has defined, as the title of its World Economic Outlook, government measures against the global pandemic caused by the COVID-19.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 19:01 UTC
Another six positive Covid 19 cases at MPA in Falkland Islands

The Government of the Falkland Islands reported on Tuesday that another six positive cases of COVID 19 cases have been identified, following the processing of a large batch of test results that were sent to UK.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 18:52 UTC
“Good supply” in Falklands' supermarkets and of domestic fuel products

The government of the Falkland Islands in a regular assessment of supplies and domestic fuel products said that the situation are “in good supply and no problems are foreseen”.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
Face masks mandatory in Buenos Aires as of next Wednesday

Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires authorities on Monday announced it was stepping up measures to curb the COVID-19 outbreak by making face masks mandatory on public transit.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Brazilian health minister urged government to speak with a unified voice against COVID-19

Brazil's health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the new coronavirus, calling out President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the threat ahead of what are likely to be the two toughest months for the outbreak.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:53 UTC
US controversy as to who decides reopening the economy and lifting ”stay at home”

President Donald Trump said on Monday it was his decision when to reopen the U.S. economy, not that of state governors, but legal experts disagree and governors are going their own way.